Researchers believe that the frontal lobes and the amygdala are among the most important brain structures affecting emotions. Feelings of happiness and pleasure are linked to the prefrontal cortex. Anger, fear, sadness, and other negative emotions are linked to the amygdala.

What drives motivation? Expectation and personal value Unconscious Emotional Processing Quickly screen incoming stimuli Helps us respond quickly to important cues Is linked to implicit memory Can be learned through classical conditioning Interaction of Conscious & Unconscious Feelings can well up into consciousness from the unconscious system (i.e. intuition) Conscious can signal fear to the unsconscious (i.e. knot in stomach) Conscious Emotional Processing Is linked to explicit memory Slowly generates thorough and deliberate emotions Relies heavily on the cerebral cortex Cerebral Cortex Limbic System Amygdala Theory What drives motivation? Instinct Theory Biological processes Each year, over 1.5 million wildebeest, zebra and gazelle migrate into Kenya and back. Drive Theory Biological needs When you are thirsty, you drink something. Cognitive Theories Expectation and personal value If you value good grades and believe that studying yields good grades, you will study. Freud’s Theory Unconscious desires Creative work indirectly satisfies the sex drive. Maslow’s Theory Priority of needs A student will prefer to sleep and cram in the morning in order fulfill the most basic need—sleep.

TOPIC 1 - Emotion Emotion (BBC) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKQ-WObXVMM Emotions Part 2(BBC) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbd2fwM1s8g&feature=related Physical Responses to Fear http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS_qMHPI0XM&feature=related Research about Emotional Face Processing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbKddhq8s_A&feature=channel TOPIC 2 – Motivation Motivation in Learning http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66w1AAHi4eo&feature=related Motivation & Addiction (Part of brain that controls emotion is stimulated by drugs) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de_b7k9kQp0&feature=related Practice Quiz 1 http://www.alleydog.com/quizzes/motemotquiz.asp Practice Quiz 2 http://www.alleydog.com/quizzes/motemotquiz_2.asp