PSY 2012 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Motivation, Humanistic Psychology, Homeostasis
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9. 1 what motivates our behavior? move : the words emotion and motivation come from the same latin word, movere, to, many factors influence motivation, most of the general theories of motivation emphasize four basic qualities. 2. directive it guides our behaviors toward meeting specific goals or needs. 3. sustaining it helps us sustain behaviors until we achieve our goals or satisfy our needs. 4. motivating motives will differ in strength depending on the person and the situation: many factors influence motivation (1, motivation. Factors of differing strength that energize, direct, and sustain behavior: satisfaction of needs. Need: a state of biological or social deficiency. Need hierarchy: an arrangement of needs, in which basic survival needs must be met before people can satisfy higher needs. Maslow"s theory is an example of humanistic psychology. Drive: a psychological state that, by creating arousal, motivates an organism to engage in a behavior to satisfy a need.
