PSY 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Chocolate Chip, Victoria Medal Of Honour, Motivation

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 103
• Professor: Richard Gerrig

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* to infer private states from public acts. * to assign responsibility for actions (e. g. , internal vs. external) *to explain perseverance in the face of adversity: motivated behavior is goal-directed. Drives: there are biological forces that provide basic goals (e. g. , to eat and and to drink). Homeostatis: we are biologically driven to maintain optimal levels of body temperature, body weight, and various types of experiences. Extrinsic motivation: rewards the act might bring or punishments it might avoid. Intrinsic motivation: the pleasure the act itself provides: eating behavior: internal vs. external motivation, internal motivation. Slight alterations in flavor cause people to show renewed interest in food (romer et al. , 2006) Lateral hypothalamus (lh): when stimulated, the animal will eat. Ventromedial hypothalamus (vmh): when stimulated, the animal will act satiated. Except that: lesion of vmh causes animal only to overeat foods that taste good, not all food: external motivation. Salvy et al. (2007): social influences on eating.