PSYC 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Autonomic Nervous System, Ring Toss, Weight Loss
24 Oct 2016
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Basic concepts: motive: internal state that arouses and directs behavior toward a specific object or goal. Motivational psychologists ask: (cid:498)what drives people to do the things they do? (cid:499) and (cid:498)what do they want? (cid:499) Need: a state of tension within the person. Need hierarchy emerges during development, with lower needs emerging earlier in life than higher needs: hierarchy of needs. Lower needs must be satisfied before we can proceed to higher needs. Maslow"s contributions: (ighest need is to (cid:498)self-actualize(cid:499) The need for growth and to develop your full potential: characteristics (some) of self-actualizing persons: Increased acceptance of self, of others, and of nature. More democratic character structure (recognize the worth of each individual) The big three motives (needs: murray proposed several dozen motives, but most research has focused on (cid:498)the big three motives(cid:499) Need for intimacy: the recurrent preference or readiness for warm, close, and communicative interaction with others, people high in need for intimacy.
