PSY BEH 11C Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Exclusion, Homeostasis, Henry Rollins
13 Jan 2017
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LECTURE 2
January 12, 2017
Ad so it egis…
(loosely based on chapter 12)
1. Drives and emotions
2. What are biological reasons why humans behave in similar ways?
3. What neurotransmitters are related to passion, lust, attachment?
Hierarchy of Needs
• Increasingly complex needs are ranked higher and higher
• Self-actualization
o Morality, creativity, spontaneity,
problem-solving, lack of prejudice,
acceptance of facts
• Esteem
o Self-esteem, confidence,
achievement, respect of others,
respect by others
• Love/Belonging
o Friendship, family, sexual intimacy
• Safety
o Security of body, of employment, of
resources, of morality, of the family,
of health, of property
• Physiological
o Breathing, food, water, sex, sleep, homeostasis, excretion
Instincts, drives, and motivation
• These male penguins march 60 miles
o A female lays an egg at your feet, and you spend 120 days with this egg
o You lose 45% of your body fat because you can’t eat
• At the most basic level, our emotions are functioning on this pleasure-pain principle
o We try to avoid pain, and we pursue pleasure
Pleasure and Pain
• Being left out in a cyberball game
o In this study, you’re plaig all ith to other partiipats. Uko to ou,
these were not participants, but computer-generated people. When you get the
ball, you can choose who to throw the ball to. As the study goes long, you get
left out. Social exclusion is really painful, it turns out.
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