PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Job Performance, Drive Theory, Abraham Maslow
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Heritability: the extent to which a trait will be exhibited by a population given that the population shares the same environment (denoted as h2) 1- h2 = how much iq is due to environment. Beliefs, expectation, and cognitive performance: beliefs and expectations can affect how we respond to certain people. Motivation to move process that influences the direction, persistence, and vigour of goal directed behaviour. Instinct theory and modern evolutionary psychology and predictable way when exposed to a particular stimulus. Instinct (fixed action pattern) an inherited predisposition to behave in a specific. Theories faded due to circular reasoning (people are greedy. Modern evolutionary psychologists propose that many motives have evolutionary greed is an instinct. Homeostasis a state of internal physiological equilibrium that the body strives to maintain. Requires a sensory mechanism for detecting changes in internal environment, a response system that can restore equilibrium, and a control centre that receives information from sensors.
