Unit 8A - Motivation
Flash cards!!
Day 1 – after 7A/7B test
Day 2 – pp. 327-331
Day 3 – pp. 331-339
Day 4 – Jigsaw pp. 340-348 – bring textbook
Day 5 – pp. 349-354 – Twinkie Tax article response due today
Day 6 – pp. 354-359 Bring carrying case for Eggfant (Eggsperiment)
Day 7 – pp. 359-362
Motivation and Emotion (6–8%)
In this part of the course, students explore biological and social factors that motivate
behavior and biological and cultural factors that influence emotion.
AP students in psychology should be able to do the following:
1. Identify and apply basic motivational concepts to understand the behavior of
humans and other animals
a. instincts,
b. incentives,
c. intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation,
d. etc.
2. Explain the biological underpinnings of motivation, including needs, drives,
and homeostasis.
3. [CHART] Compare and contrast motivational theories, including the strengths
and weaknesses of each.
a. instinct theory
b. drive reduction theory,
c. arousal theory,
d. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
e. general adaptation syndrome
4. Describe classic research findings in specific motivation systems
a. eating,
b. sex,
c. social,
d. etc.
Unit 8B - Emotion
Flash cards!!
Day 1 – Jigsaw pp. 366-376 – bring textbook
Day 2 – pp. 377-380
Day 3 – pp. 380-384
Day 4 –pp. 384-396
Day 5 – pp. 397-406
Due today – Worries Survey (handout in class and/or website)
Due today – TYPE/WRITE THE FOLLOWING and bring to class (typing is more
anonymous)
• Anonymously write (type) about a typical stressful situation, using no names or
details that would identify you – (Examples – I’m not doing well enough in
school and this worries me because ________; my parents argue about who I
am friends with and this worries me because __________; my sister is always
sneaking through my things and this worries me because _______, etc.)
8A and 8B objectives due when we return from Thanksgiving Break
(8 & 9 test is after Unit 9)
Motivation and Emotion (6–8%)
In this part of the course, students explore biological and social factors that motivate
behavior and biological and cultural factors that influence emotion.
AP students in psychology should be able to do the following:
5. Discuss theories of stress and the effects of stress on psychological and physical
well-being.
6. [CHART] Compare and contrast major theories of emotion.
a. James–Lange,
b. Cannon–Bard,
c. Schachter two-factor theory
7. Describe how cultural influences shape emotional expression, including variations
in body language.
8. Explain, in detail, General Adaptation Syndrome (use images).
9. [CHART] Make a chart to identify the major figures in the psychology of
motivation and emotion using the following columns (Who, What, When,
Where and Why)
a. William James,
b. Alfred Kinsey,
c. Abraham Maslow,
d. Stanley Schachter,
e. Hans Selye.