PSYC 1023 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Insulin, Anti-Roll Bar, Dementia
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Motivation and emotion (cid:862)to (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:863), refers to pro(cid:272)esses that get (cid:455)ou to (cid:373)o(cid:448)e to(cid:449)ards a goal. Motives refer to needs, wants, desires, wishes. There are three main components: needs, drives, incentives. Drives: state of tension or discomfort due to an unfulfilled need (ex. Incentives: pull us into action, there is an external object or event that motivates behaviour (ex. Evolutionary theories: internal drives in a species serve as an adaptive drive for survival. In other words, the behaviour promotes survival. (ex. Dominance is more common in men because it is a trait that maximizes reproductive success, whereas dominance in women does not tend to maximize reproductive success. ) Tud(cid:455) (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:272)h(cid:449)artz i(cid:374) 2008, wo(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s clothi(cid:374)g: different patterns of how they dress during a month. Women tend to unconsciously dress more provocatively around their fertile window. The men involved in the aforementioned study had to rate attractiveness of the women. They tended to find women more attractive during their fertile window.