PSYC 107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Blood Sugar, Revised Version, Binge Eating
8 Jan 2017
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Motivation: drive r eduction theory: certain drives motivate us to act in ways that minimize aversive states, hunger, thirst, and sexual frustration. S trength of drives is affected by arousal: when drives c lash, approach and approach, deciding between 2 colleges, avoidance and avoidance, approach vs. avoidance, want to eat chocolate but want to avoid gaining weight! E ither do homework or clean; choose lesser of the two evils: as we draw nearer a goal, avoidance outweighs approach. E xplains phenomena like difficult finishing tasks or regretting prior commitments. E xtrinsic: for the pay check, external goods. S econdary (psychological: maslow"s hierarchy of needs. P yramid: must satisfy the bottom rows before satisfying the top. P hysiological --> safety --> belonging/relationships --> esteem --> self actualization: r evised version out now to include parenting, hypothalamus, hunger - brain is the center for food cravings!, destroy - stop eating, ventromedial (stopping eating)
