PSYC1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Maternal Deprivation, Sensory Deprivation, Libido

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC1002
• Professor: Caleb Owens

Document Summary

Hebb(cid:495)s analogy: when you have to get around in a car, there are two things going on . The engine which makes the car go and something steering similarly motivation provides the power to elicit behaviour the same way an engine provides power to the car. Instinct theories of motivation: instinct: a behavioural sequence made up of unites which are largely genetically determined and as such, typical of all members of a species. Once the behaviour is elicited, it follows through whether or not the goal is achieved or not and there is no evidence that the animals understands their goal has failed when the egg is taken back. Breeding season, nesting, development: can be the sign stimulus for a reciprocal response in another individual. Stickleback mating behaviour is: specific to breeding season (biological state) hormonal changes within the fish. If you displace two, it will take back the bigger of the two.