PSYC 1000 Lecture 15: Motivation -Lec 15

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Benjamin Giguere

Document Summary

Motivation refers to a need or desire that energizes behaviour and directs it. Instincts are fixed patterns of behaviour slide 5 fixed, rigid and predictable: not acquired in learning genes, socially learned aspects begins early. Drive is an arousal/tensed state related to a biological need that is not being met slide 6: hunger, thirst, pain and sex. Sex does not operate like the other ones. Slide 7: drive-reduction theory: suggest we are motivated to restore homeostasis when a drive emerges. This drive does not apply to sex (the only exception) Incentives is a reward that increase the likelihood of a behaviour slide 8. Incentives will attract people, people value the specific outcome. Opposed to pushing the person, as in drive (cid:862)push (cid:448)s pull(cid:863) forces slide 9: when both drives/needs (push and incentives (pull) work in tandem, we are highly motivated. One way through which society can impact how we regulate behaviour.