PSYCH101 Lecture 8: Lecture 8 - Motivation Basic Model and Concepts Mechanistic Approach The Internal Push: Instincts, Needs and Drives The External Pull: Incentives Humanistic Approach Hierarchy of Needs (Maslow) Expectancy Approach Expectancy-Value Theory

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Richard Ennis

Document Summary

Don"t actually see motivation, observe it"s presence by inferring on their behaviours. Able to determine types or degrees of motivation. What"s the level: energy level can show how motivated they are. Persistence: despite frustration you"ll go though anything to get there/do something, people dealing with blockage but continue to go to their goal = motivation. Choices they make: alternatives we select show motivation. Free time and you go bowling = you like bowling or there"s a reason behind you going (like your friends are going) Humans, like any other animal, driven by same reasons other animals are (pavlov"s dogs) Some kind of motive somes from within, propels us to engage in a kind of behaviour. Instincts: do arrive in this world with instincts (sucking your thumb, theory we have social instincts too. May lie dormant until activated by cues. 1) need to see it in all members of the species. When it comes to social motives, instincts don"t really help.