PSYC-101 Chapter 8
Motivation and Emotion Participation worksheet (20 pts)
This Worksheet must be done on a word processor in 12-point font. Make sure you double space
your answers. You must cite the textbook in APA style and include an APA Reference page. Make
sure you answer each answer in complete sentences. Upload the worksheet to Canvas by the due
date.
1. Humans need emotions to function normally but emotions can also be disruptive. There are
times that we need to control emotional responses.
a. Explain and give examples of how we regulate emotions using humor, positive
reappraisal, distraction, and through repression and rumination.
b. Provide 2 examples from your own life where you have used these to control your
emotional response.
2. Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation are 2 kinds of motivation.
a. Describe intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. What are they? How are they similar and
how are they different?
b. Describe an example of each from your own life
c. Which type of motivation do you think is more important in your daily activities. Why?
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3. We know that eating is influenced by many things including learning.
a. Explain the three main ways that learning influences eating.
b. Provide two examples of how these learning principles have influenced your own eating.
4. Donna and Dane are at a school dance and are both experiencing an increased heartbeat and
sweaty palms. Donna is experiencing the primary emotion of happiness, and Dane is
experiencing the secondary emotion of anticipation.
a. Name the theory of emotion that is capable of best explaining the difference between
Donna’s and Dane’s different emotions.
b. Explain how this theory provides a good explanation of the difference between Donna’s
and Dane’s different emotions.