PSYC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Need Theory, Social Learning Theory, Limbic System
27 Jan 2016
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3 parts of motivation (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Persistence of behavior what keeps you going. Why the hell did you hit on my girl? (cid:1) (cid:1) Motivation themes (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) A central theme of contemporary motivation theory is that all behavior represents an attempt to adapt to the environment. Evolutionarily psychology use darwin theory- the idea the behaviors are passed on through generation if they are adaptable if they are not they die down. Spefic goal example if hungary you approach a sandwich. Example if you are thinking about sex you think about that certain (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) person. Example flying fear, mrs. molnar will drive instead of flying (cid:1) Nearly impossible to ignore example if you are getting called a bad (cid:1) name it is not harming our survival, it creates an idea of harm and avoidance of that person it is emotional avoidance (cid:1) There are different temperant in different people.
