PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ghrelin, Psych, The Need

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

Document Summary

Chapter 11: motivation and work: motivational concepts motivation. The why of the behaviour; why we do what we do. Energizes and directs behaviour: instincts and evolutionary psych. A genetic predisposition to behave in a very specific way when a specific. Every organism in a species behaves the same way when that stimulus is stimulus is present present. Theory fall out of favour but the idea that genes are partly responsible for human behaviour remains: drives and incentives. When our needs are not met, tension builds up in the body and we are motivated to reduce tension (i. e. : look for food, water, sex, etc. ) Drive theories explain some human behaviours (i. e. : whey we seek food) In the external world, there are incentives or rewards that pull us toward them (i. e. : money, grades, status, etc. ) We are motivated / pushed to attain this. It doesn"t explain all behaviours: optimal arousal.