PSYC 2330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Clark L. Hull, American Psychologist, Drive Theory
25 Jan 2017
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Homeostasis the tendency of an organism to maintain an internal: body activates systems to reach/ bring it back to equilibrium equilibrium. A motivational construct associated with maintenance of the homeostatic balance of an organism. Sequence of events: disturbance of homeostasis = need ex. Lack of nutrients; body temperature: the need induces a motivational state = drive (to do something about that need, the drive energizes behaviours to reduce the need state, reduction of the need also reduces the drive. Drive theory reduction explain learning and motivation by scientific laws and behaviours. Clark leonard hull (1884-1952): american psychologist who sought to. Habits (stimulus-response associations) become stronger as a function of. Hull"s model of behaviour is mechanistic and based on homeostatic drive. *the strength of a behaviour is a measure of how much you know about that behaviour and the motivation you have to do it. Drive is a general pool of energy that can activate innate and learned behaviours.
