Psychology Of Motivation Review Exam 2

3. subjects are reinforced for their initial response after a set time interval, each reinforcement after that time is at a variable interval, with an average mean for the trial.
6. subjective properties of an incentive such as satisfaction, pleasure or usefulness.
7. subjective feelings that accompany incentive contrasts. Positive contrast are pleasant, negative contrast are unpleasant.
10. select behaviors & increases expression of those behaviors.
12. external stimulation cause for all behavior
13. select against behaviors & decreases expression of those behaviors.
14. subjective value of a stimulus produces psychological demand.
16. activated when a novel item is in environment
21. downward shift in value
23. acting like those with whom one is interacting
25. effective in your actions
27. how hard it is to achieve a goal.
28. time between the current behavior

1. unvarying stimulus conditions; seek new stimulation
2. activates a need
4. Psychological drive emerges from physiological need.
5. satisfaction obtained from achieving a goal.
8. As objective incentive value increases, utility increases but in smaller & smaller amounts.
9. cause your own actions
11. upward shift in value that is correlated with increased motivation
15. freely chosen, inherent in the activity being performed.
17. future incentive is represented today at a lower value.
18. Initially prefer smaller incentive, but as time delay increases, preference switches to the larger incentive.
19. external stimuli that motivate or induce behavior to occur
20. the availability of a future incentive.
22. ability of an incentive to motivate depends on prior experience
24. how precisely a goal is envisioned.
26. visualizing a goal.