30 Jan Denise is a senior

PSY2012 General Psychology 1

Module 7 Discussion

Chapter Nine – Motivation and Emotion

1) Take a look at the theories of motivation on page 384 of your text. Then take a look at the following scenarios and pick a theory to describe what is going on to motivate the person.

Kellie has a history of test anxiety. Her final is coming up and instead of studying for the exam she goes out and gets wasted. She missed her exam and failed the class.

Jordan had a kidney stone and was put on pretty strong narcotics for pain. He enjoyed the way the narcotics made him feel so when his prescription ran out he started “borrowing” his father’s prescription, when that ran out he had to turn to getting the drugs off the street. Every day Jordan would say this was the last day but then by noon time he was looking for more pills.

Denise is a senior in high school, is going to college as an early admission student, is on the dance competition team, a member of the chorus, a star in the school plays, and on the brain bowl team. She comes from a stable home and feels as if she accepted by her peers. Her friends sometimes tease her because she is such an over-achiever.

2) What do you see as the causes behind eating disorders? The media has been blamed for years and yes, could be part of the reason why a person may struggle with these disorders, but what are the other causes?

3) Why do you think some people are energized by fear while other people avoid it? What makes one person a daredevil while another person is very cautious? What happens to each one physiologically when faced with fear?

4) Which theory of emotion do you support and why?

5) Please give me your definition of happiness?