1006 Lecture Notes - Thalamus, Abraham Maslow, Sensation Seeking
Document Summary
Factors within & outside an organism that causes it to behave a certain way at a certain time (direction, intensity & persistence) Motives are innate (automatic and unlearned: drive reduction theory. An internal condition or impulse that activates behavior to reduce a need & restore homeostasis. Biological disequilibrium -> biological need -> psychological drive to re-establish homeostasis. Primary (biological) & secondary (learned) drives: drives as states of the brain. The hub of many central drive systems is in the hypothalamus: arousal theory. Behavior is motivated by a need/desire to maintain optimal levels of arousal. Arousal general levels of physiological arousal & our appraisal of such levels. A person high in sensation seeking tends to look for exciting (and sometimes risky) activities. External goals pull or push behaviors: achievement motivation. Need achievement meeting self-determined goals in order to experience satisfaction. Levels of need achievement differ from person to person and appear to result from learning.
