PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Belongingness, Motivation, Gie
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When we have extreme emotion until we reach a specific point. >> sky diving eg, when people finally touch the ground, they feel ectasy b/c a whirlwind of emotions following the jump. Had to leave and get food to survive. >> hunger is an optimal point we know when we have too little or too full called the set point where we are comfortable at. Detector variable thermostat has some freedom. In summer say opt. temp in house is 22*c outside warms house to 23, then. 24*c detector variable detects the 24*c and lowers temp by turning on ac until house is cold. >> once house is right temp, it turns off negative feedback. Always trying to reduce drives eg. feel hungry goes to eat full reduced drive to eat. Not always trying to reduce drive eg. sexual frustration foreplay increases the frustration before having sex to reduce the drive.
