PSYC 102 Lecture Notes - Lateral Hypothalamus, Confirmation Bias, Job Performance
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Motivation- a need or desire that energizes behaviour and directs it towards a goal. Instinct: drive- reduction, arousal, hierarchy of needs. Instincts- complex behaviours that have fixed patterns throughout different species and are not learned. We are wired to do certain behaviours. Maybe a huge chunk of our motivation, complex behaviours is what we are born with. Ex. leopard taking care of a baby baboon maternal/ caring instinct . Weaknesses: thousands of instincts needed to explain every behavioural pattern. More labeling than explaining, giving a name to something not understanding it: drive reduction theory. A physiological need creates an aroused tension state (drive), which motivates an organism to satisfy the need. Homeostasis- the maintenance of a steady internal state (e. g. temperature) Deviate from homeostasis creates drive, motivated to do a behaviour to return us to homeostasis. Strength: efficient, can explain a wide variety of behaviours that we do. Pulled by incentives like aroma of something delicious, causes aroused tension state.
