PSY102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Psy, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Belongingness
10 Feb 2019
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Approach-is a motivation involved with striving to receive positive result ex: studying, avoidance- avoiding a negative result ex: pulling an all-nighter avoid failing the test. Dispositional factors-internal factors act in a certain way. Situational factors- external forces that influence your behaviour in a certain way. Conscious motivations- motivations that remain in your awareness ex: training for sports comp. Unconscious motivations- you are unaware that happens without your awareness ex: person unable to stay in a long term relationship, driven by unconscious desires (loved and belongingness) because they don"t wanna be rejected. Instincts- is an unlearned complex behaviour, have a fixed pattern throughout a specific species ex: cats instincts do this automatically. Hedonic principles- experience pleasure avoid pain by freud. The drive reduction theory- a person reacts to a physiological need creates an aroused stay that drives him to reduce the need. Ex:fluid level drops after exercise detected by special sensors in ur body, craves thirst.
