Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Binge Eating Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

Document Summary

Motivation: a process that influences the direction, persistence and vigor of goal directed behavior. An instinct is an inherited predisposition to behave in a specific and predictable way when exposed to a particular stimulus. The concept of homeostasis, states that your body strives to maintain a state of internal physiological equilibrium. Your body"s internal environment is regulated by homeostatic mechanisms. Sensors detect bodily changes and send this information to a control centre, which, in turn regulates a response system that restores bodily equilibrium to a balanced internal state. According to hull"s drive theory of motivation, physiological disruptions to homeostasis produce drives, which are states of internal tension that motivate an organism to behave in ways that reduce tension. (e. x. Hull proposed that reducing drives is the ultimate goal of motivated behavior. Whereas drives are push factors, incentives are pull factors. An incentive is a representation of environmental stimuli that pulls an organism towards a goal.