PSYC 1030H Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Homeostasis, Belongingness, Paul Ekman

• School: Trent University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1030H
• Professor: James Parker

Document Summary

Motive (or motivation) de ned as a need or desire that propels someone to act in a particular way. Many motivation theories are quite similar, except for the amount of emphasis placed on either biology or the environment. Instinct theory (emphasis on biology: theory stated that motivation is the result of genetic programming, all beings within a species are programmed for the same motivations. Our motivations may be different than other species: problems with instinct theory : Theorists were never able to agree on a list of instincts. Instinct theory also didn"t provide an explanation for instincts . More successful in passing their genes to future generations. Drive theories: drive an internal state of tension that motivates an organism to engage in activities that may reduce this tension, most organisms seem to try and maintain homeostasis (a state of physiological equilibrium, i. e. hunger . Leads to a reduction in physical tension (drive reduction)