PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Abraham Maslow, Thermostat, Orgasm

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Brenda Baird

Document Summary

In 1943, abraham maslow proposed that humans strive to ensure that basic needs are satis ed before they nd motivation to pursue goals that are higher on this hierarchy. The idea that a physiological need creates an aroused tension state (a drive) that motivates an organism to satisfy the need. Hunger: two processes: short-term: glucostatic hypothesis (depletion-repletion of glucose) Lh/vmh (arcuate nucleus: long-term: lipostatic hypothesis (metabolism & energy stores: fat cells) A physiologically based motive, like hunger, but it is more affected by learning and values. The four stages of sexual responding described by masters and johnson. An enduring sexual attraction toward members of either one"s own gender (homosexual orientation) or the other gender (heterosexual orientation) A completely, involved, focuses state of consciousness, with diminished awareness of self and time, resulting from optimal engagement of one"s skills. The application of psychological concepts and methods to optimizing human behaviour in workplaces.