Week 10 · Readings & resources

Week 10 — Readings & Resources

Introduction to Psychology Free sample edition

Your primary reading is Chapter 10 (in this module). Everything below is the optional, go-deeper layer — pick what helps, skip the rest.

How to use this page

This page has 10 items (4 readings and 6 videos). Allow 79–94 minutes for everything. Each group points back to the matching chapter section and class-session segment, so use the full menu when you want more practice, or take the quick path below.

Every video here has captions: turn them on with the CC button in the player. The chapter covers the same ideas in text.

Pick-one quick path (18–21 min total)

① What moves you to act? Drives, arousal, and the sweet spot

Chapter 10, Section “Find the sweet spot: arousal theory and the Yerkes–Dodson law” · Session 1, Segment 3, “Arousal theory and the Yerkes–Dodson law” · Remember: performance is best at a moderate level of arousal, and the best level is lower for a difficult task.

The Power of Motivation: Crash Course Psychology #17 — CrashCourse — a fast tour of the main theories of motivation, from instincts and drives to arousal and incentives, with a dramatic real-life story as the hook. (video, 11 min) (captions: creator)
Arousal Theory, Yerkes-Dodson Law, and Flow (Intro Psych Tutorial #160) — PsychExamReview — a short tutorial on why people seek arousal and why performance peaks in the middle; watch it before you try the start-line example again. (video, 6 min) (captions: creator)

② Is Maslow's pyramid a law? Needs and their limits

Chapter 10, Section “Stack the needs: Maslow's hierarchy and its limits” · Session 1, Segment 5, “Maslow's hierarchy and its limits” · Remember: Maslow's five levels are a useful description, but people do not climb them in a strict order.

Do Psychologists Still Use Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs? — SciShow Psych — a brief look at the famous pyramid and why its needs may be too subjective to measure well. (video, 5 min) (captions: creator)
Maslow's pyramid of needs — Association for Psychological Science — a short research news piece on why psychologists question the pyramid's strict order; read it with the chapter's limits paragraph beside you. (reading, 5–8 min)

③ Why do you get hungry? The body's hunger signals

Chapter 10, Section “Trace hunger: the hypothalamus, ghrelin, and leptin” · Session 2, Segment 6, “The hypothalamus, ghrelin, and leptin” · Remember: ghrelin signals hunger and leptin signals fullness, and habits and culture pull on eating too.

2-Minute Neuroscience: Leptin & Ghrelin — Neuroscientifically Challenged — a two-minute explainer on the two hormones that push appetite in opposite directions. This builds on Week 3's work with the hypothalamus. (video, 2 min) (captions: creator)

④ What comes first, the pounding heart or the fear? Three theories of emotion

Chapter 10, Section “Run the bear three times: James–Lange, Cannon–Bard, and two-factor” · Session 2, Segment 8, “James–Lange, Cannon–Bard, and two-factor” · Remember: James–Lange puts the body first, Cannon–Bard puts body and feeling together, and two-factor adds a cognitive label.

Feeling All the Feels: Crash Course Psychology #25 — CrashCourse — what an emotion is made of and how the classic theories of emotion disagree; use it while working through the Week-10 module overview. (video, 11 min) (captions: creator)
How Do Emotions Happen? (Intro Psych Tutorial #149) — PsychExamReview — a longer tutorial that walks the three classic theories of emotion one at a time, useful if you keep mixing up Cannon–Bard and two-factor. (video, 13 min) (captions: creator)
James-Lange Theory of Emotion: Definition and Examples — Simply Psychology — read how the theory works, then the sections comparing it with the Cannon-Bard and two-factor theories; keep the chapter's definitions where the wording differs. (reading, 15–20 min)
How Your Body Posture Communicates Feelings to Others — Greater Good Science Center — a research-based article on how posture, not only the face, shows what a person feels; read it as an example of expressive behavior. (reading, 6–10 min)

Optional one-stop reference (free online reference)

Brain Basics: Know Your Brain — National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke — a federal health agency's plain-language guide; read the inner-brain part on the hypothalamus and the structures near it, and skip the rest unless you are curious. (reading, 5–8 min)

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