{"creation_time": 1689619743, "last_updated": 1689619743, "name": "Behavioral Approach System", "definition_text": "in reinforcement sensitivity theory, the physiological mechanism believed to control appetitive motivation. It is theorized to be sensitive to signals of reward, nonpunishment, and escape from punishment. Activity in this system causes the individual to begin (or to increase) movement toward goals. It has also been held that this system is responsible for the experience of positive feelings such as hope, elation, and happiness in response to these signals and that having a strong or chronically active BAS tends to result in extraversion. Also called behavioral activation system", "id": "trm_QlrVatUMhmg3s", "type": "concept", "concepts": [], "contrasts": [{"creation_time": 1689619817, "last_updated": 1689619817, "name": "motivations that underlie behavior", "id": "cnt_eNVYYNeLBndWn", "relationship": "MEASUREDBY", "task_id": "trm_56a9137d9dce1"}], "citations": [], "conceptclasses": [], "relationships": []}