PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Motivation, Erection, Human Sexual Response Cycle
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Maslow proposed a need theory of motivation. Need hierarchy is an arrangement of needs in which basic survival needs (hunger or thirst) must be met before people can satisfy other needs. Self-actualization is the when a person achieves their dreams and personal aspirations. Pyramid: physiological, safety, belonging and love, esteem, self- Needs create arousal which drives our behavior. Walter cannon coined the term homeostasis to describe the bodily function to maintain equilibrium. Over time, if a behavior reduces a drive, it becomes a habit. Incentives are external stimuli that motivate behaviors. E. g getting a good grade on your exam is an incentive for studying hard. Getting a summer job is an incentive for paying for your tuition arousal and performance. Yerkes-dodson law states that performance increases with arousal until a certain point. E. g students perform best on a exam when feeling moderate anxiety. Too little can make them inattentive and too much and affect their thinking ability pleasure.
