AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Motivation is defined as the process that initiates, guides, and maintains goal-oriented behaviors. Motivation is what causes you to act, whether it is getting a glass of water to reduce thirst or reading a book to gain knowledge.

Detailed explanation-2: -Intrinsic Motivation: Type of motivation in which a person performs an action because the act itself is rewarding or satisfying in some internal manner.

Detailed explanation-3: -A psychological tension and physical arousal arising when there is a need that motivates the organism to act in order to fulfill the need and reduce the tension is called a drive.

Detailed explanation-4: -The James-Lange theory of emotion postulates that emotions occur as a result of physical responses to events (physiological responses to stimuli directly cause subjective feelings).