Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Motivation, Drive Theory, Homeostasis
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January 24, 2012: persevere to attain dreams, stretch boundaries of human achievement, process that influences the direction, persistence, vigour of goal-directed behaviour. Instinct theory early view, inspired by darwin. Born with predisposition to behave in a specific, predictable way when exposed to a particular stimulus. Perspectives on motivation: modern evolutionary psychology. Adaptive significance is key to understanding motivation. Motivated to engage in behaviours to promote survival advantages. Why do we seek the company of others. Drives = states of internal tension that motivate an organism to behave in ways that reduce tension. Not everything is at a constant equilibrium. Stimuli that pull" organism toward goal: expectancy x value theory. Strength of expectation that behaviour will lead to a goal. Example: shelley, leslie, and carrie similar math aptitudes. Shelley believes studying hard will result in better grades, and values an. Leslie believes studying will help, but doesn"t value an a = gets a c.