PSYC 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Carl Jung, Bulldozer, Ring Toss

• School: Emory University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 330
• Professor: Jessica Barber

Document Summary

Murray"s theory of needs: originally a physician, but then went into psychology, starts talking with carl jung and gets fascinated with the idea of psychoanalytic drives and influences, need= psychoanalytic idea of a drive. Readiness to respond in a certain way under certain circumstances: needs organize perception, guiding us to see what we want (or need) to see, ex. Interaction of motives affects how they"ll be pursued/ expressed: ex: dominance and affiliation (desire to develop/ maintain relationships. Apperception interpreting the environment and finding meaning in what"s going on: thematic apperception technique (tat, rationale: current needs projected into interpretation of ambiguous stimulus, example: describing a picture with a narrative, a story. 14 pictures are selected to arouse one of the big three motives (achievement, power, intimacy). Motives internal states that arouse and direct behavior toward specific objects or goals. Motives differ in type and amount (hunger differs from thirst; both of these differ from the drive to achieve and excel).