PSY 1305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Necrophilia, Social Exclusion, Pubic Hair
21 Mar 2017
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Chapter overview: basic motivational concepts, hunger, sexual motivation, affiliation and achievement. Basic motivational concepts: motivation is defined as need or desire that energizes and directs behavior, four perspectives for understanding motivated behaviors: Instincts and evolutionary psychology: darwin-cousins to galleon. Drives and incentives: drive-reduction theory suggests physiological need creates an aroused tension state (a drive) that motivates an organism to satisfy the need. Incentive- external incentives are behaviors we perform in order to receive something from others. Arousal theory: humans are motivated to engage in behaviors that either increase or decrease arousal levels, high arousal levels motivate engagement in behaviors that will lower these levels, low arousal levels motivate activities that can increase arousal. Maslow: viewed human motives as pyramid, at the base are basic physiological needs, at the peak are the highest human needs. Good way to remember triangle chart above is- ps love you.
