Chapter 6: Motivation and Emotion 1. What is Motivation a. Motivation – A physiological and psychological factors that account for the arousal (energizing)‚ direction‚ and persistence of behavior. i. Motivation is a hypothetical state 2. Theories of Motivation b. Biological Theories ii. Instincts – Unlearned species-specific behaviors that are more complex than reflexes and triggered by environmental events called releasing stimuli iii. Ethology
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face processing- empathy- Alexithymia No. 8: Riby & Hancock 2008: Diff between WS & ASD of viewing pattern of social scenes using eye tracking device (in ASD less attention time to faces while watching social scenes compared to WS) No. 9: Biby & Hancock 2009: Time to detect face between WS & ASD 10: Lacroix et al 2009: recognition of emotional & nonemtional facial expressions 12: Plesa_Skwerer et al 2006: to do with Alexithymia 13: Bird et al 2011: to do with Alexithymia 14: Silani et al 2008:
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Trait theory - Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Page 1 of 8 Trait theory From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Trait theory in psychology‚ is an approach to the study of human personality. Trait theorists are primarily interested in the measurement of traits‚ which can be defined as habitual patterns of behavior‚ thought‚ and emotion.[1] According to this perspective‚ traits are relatively stable over time‚ differ across individuals (e.g. some people are outgoing whereas others are shy)
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Are We Socially Intelligent? Francis Pangfei Lai Abstract: It was Daniel Goleman’s book “Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships” that started the author thinking on the relevance of social intelligence to property professionals. In the course of practicing as a property consultancy and lecturing at various universities over the years‚ the author notices that a property professional tends to lack the many soft skills of emotional and social intelligence. In this paper
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Self-harm does not discriminate against any gender‚ race educational background‚ age‚ sexual orientation‚ social economic status or religion. It affects a multitude of people around the world. Self-harm‚ or self- injury is the act of intentionally injuring one’s own body that typically leaves behind marks or can even do damage to body tissues. It is used as a coping mechanism most of the time. Self- injury can include cutting‚ burning (”branding”)‚ picking at skin‚ picking at scabs‚ re-opening wounds
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Empathy is a fundamental aspect of the functioning of social relationships. The ability to accurately read nonverbal signals of others‚ participate in perspective-taking‚ identify emotional states in the self and others‚ and invest in other’s emotions are all integral parts of the relationships between individuals. Deficits in any of these aspects of the empathic process can cause and signal various problems that can impact individuals and those around them. A condition such as autism involves deficits
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study was to examine the psychometric properties of the FFMQ in a clinical population of fibromyalgia patients. A total of 141 patients completed an online questionnaire on mindfulness (FFMQ) and theoretically related (e.g. acceptance‚ openness‚ alexithymia) and unrelated (physical health) constructs. Thirty-eight patients filled in the FFMQ twice. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to test the five-factor
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Imagine a world where citizens no longer think‚ books are illegal‚ and TV is the main form of entertainment‚ this is the type of society described in Fahrenheit 451. Mildred Montag is a woman molded by society to be their perfect robot of a citizen. She keeps a seashell radio in her ear preventing any thoughts‚ ideas‚ or memories she may have. Mildred also hates books and believes they are meaningless‚ which is an average characteristic of the people in Fahrenheit 451’s society. A third characteristic
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some do‚ but not until later on. On another note‚ the article spoke about how some of the criminals don’t know what they feel or how to describe it when they commit the crime. Keeping that in mind‚ these symptom murders were showing was called‚ alexithymia. It was basically an association of impaired verbally and nonverbal recognition of
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Does true altruism exist among humans? Critically discuss with reference to theories of group selection‚ kin selection and reciprocal altruism. Altruism has proven over the years to not only be an extremely hard characteristic to explain but to also define. Whether it is from a biological view‚ which was constantly challenged from Darwin to the present day‚ or from a psychological stance where we consider peoples’ motives for such behaviour. Either way it remains an elusive topic where evolutionists
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