PS102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Scuba Diving, Evolutionary Psychology, Omen
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An inferred process within a person or animal that causes movement either toward a goal or a way from an unpleasant situation. A person gets married, what is their motivation: to be with a person they love, to get away from their parents, to escape poverty, to move to a new country, to have children. Same action can have many different causes. Motivation to reach goals may vary depending on the source: intrinsic motivation: The pursuit of an activity for its own sake and the pleasure it brings. The pursuit of an activity for external rewards, such as money or fame. Study of motivation dominated by focus on drives: biology urges (acquire food and water, to have sec, to seek novelty, and to avoid cold and pain) But motivation is more than just biological drives. People are motivated to eat to survive, but will go on hunger strikes: our motivation is more complex than just eating, mating, and avoiding harm.
