1. Emotions & Motivation Jakub Jura Jakub.jura@fs.cvut.cz
Engineering Psychology
Emotions & Motivation
fear, sadness, anxiety, anger, joy,happiness, interest, hunger, thirs, needs, Maslov, Yerkes-Dodson, sympaticus-parasympaticus
Jakub Jura

2. What is emotions? Latin E + MOVERE
Something which moveing out by ourselves
Feeling of the mind as distinct from the cognitive.
Grow from a temperament.

3. Basic directions ? Aproach Avoid Pleasing, hedoné Unpleasant, Unhedoné
Tasty
Untasty ?

4. Arousal
Arousal is a physiological and psychological state of being awake or reactive to stimuli.
How to monitor AROUSAL?
EEG activities, Micro-motion (e.g. In stearing wheel)
Affect
Alertness
Vigilance
Sleepeness
Relaxation
Sleep
Death

5. Basic emotions
Arousal
Hedone
Hedonic continuum
Unhedone

6. Physiological indicators of emotions
Blood pressure
Pulse
Skin color
Respiration rate (breathing in / out)
Pupil size

7. Sympaticus / parasympaticus
ENS (Enteric Nervous System)
Preparing organism to action or relaxation, fight or digestion.
Innervated Organ
sympat
para-s
Heart frequency + -
Blood vessel
constriction
dilatation
Gastro-intestinal motility
Pupil
Liver … gluko -
…synthesa
…lysa
Salivation

8. Polygraph Lie detector test
Respiration
Galvanic Skin
Response
Puls Rate
Fistful of rici
… if spit out it dry, then …
… SALIVATION +/-

9. ARAS – ascendent reticular actiovating system
Self-holding interconnection
Cortex
Sensors
Motoric systems RF
Visceral system
Clock
Ncl. suprachiasmaticus

10. Motivation … is vector
Direction
Strenght
Motivation to …

11. Pleasure center

12. Homeostatic theory of motivativation Cybernetics model – Negative feedback
Setpoint
Hypothalamus
Example:
motivation
Feeling
Hungry
Action:
Motivated behaviour
CCK
Satisfaction
Sensors:
glucose
temperature
stomach motility
stomach fullness

13. Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Inductive
Self-actualization
What a man can be, he must be.
need to be respected, be accepted and valued by others, feel self-value
Self-esteem and social-esteem
Reductive
Love and belongingness
friendship, Intimacy, family
Safety needs
personal security, safety place, healthy,
Inferiority complex and depresion
family violence, childhood abuse ,  post-traumatic stress disorder
Physiological needs
requirements for human survival: air, water, food, sex …

14. Yerkes-Dodson law Simple task → ← Difficult task Performance
Performance maximum
Simple task →
← Difficult task
 Robert M. Yerkes and John Dillingham Dodson
Performance
Weak Strong
Arousal optimum
Arousal (stimulation)
Low High

15. Motivation and Emotions
Threat
Fear
Loos
Sadness
Obstacle
Anger
Profit
Joy
Uncertainty
Anxiety

16. Feedback Control & Autoregulation
Bio-feedback
Behavioral feedback