PSY 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Drive Theory, Homeostasis, Limbic System

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 205
• Professor: Dr. Shannon C. Houck

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Drive theory: when biological needs are unmet internal drive. Incentive theory: external stimuli (incentives) regulate motivation (goal) Intrinsic motivation: (from within: autonomy, mastery, purpose. Extrinsic motivation: (from outside: compensation, reward, punishment. Candle problem: tack the box to the wall and put the candle in the box: sam glucksberg, princeton university, group 1: ti(cid:373)ed to (cid:862)esta(cid:271)lish (cid:374)or(cid:373)s(cid:863, group 2: top 25%- and fastest- . Whe(cid:374) ta(cid:272)ks are out of the (cid:271)o(cid:454) the i(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:374)ti(cid:448)ized group sol(cid:448)ed the pro(cid:271)lem much faster than the other group. Incentives motivate for tasks with simple rules and a clear goal. Incentives do not motivate more creative and cognitive tasks. Do(cid:374)"t care where and how you do your work. Humans display an enormous diversity of motives: biological, social. Hypothalamus: regulates hunger and eating (inside limbic system) Set-point theory: t(cid:455)pi(cid:272)all(cid:455), people (cid:272)o(cid:373)e (cid:271)a(cid:272)k to their (cid:862)set (cid:449)eight(cid:863) The (cid:373)ore a perso(cid:374)"s (cid:449)eight (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ges, the (cid:373)ore their set poi(cid:374)t i(cid:374)(cid:272)reases.