PSYA02H3 Lecture : PSYAO2- lecture notes
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We want to live in the middle of boredom and exhaustion. Two components of motivation- initiation and perseverance. Intrinsic enforcement- motivation comes from inside oneself. Over justification hypothesis- when they sense they are doing something to get a reward, after a while they will only do the behaviour to get a reward. Over justifying why they"re doing it so they re not as likely to do it. Learned helplessness- at first it will look for a way out frantically, but after a while the dog will just huddle in the corner. After a significant amount of time has passed by and the dog has a chance to escape, it won t. The presence of testosterone in the womb determines sex of the baby. Androgen insensitivity- fetus has xy chromosome, but they have female genitalia. Feels like a male trapped in a female s body.
