PSY 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Food Engineering, Masters And Johnson, Sex Organ

• School: University of Iowa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1001
• Professor: Vecera Shaun

Document Summary

A basic model for motivation: thermoregulation, feeding and hunger. Beyond the basic model of feeding: social influences, under-eating: anorexia and bulimia, overeating: obesity. A motive initiates behavior and gives it a direction (goal) Provides a bridge between physiology and psychology. Maslow"s hierarchy of needs, there are lots of things that we need to survive and thrive, pyramid of needs ranging from self-fulfillment needs. Physiological (hunger, thirst) safety (housing money) love or belongingness (intimacy) esteem (respect from peers) self-actualization (creative art, service to others reach your full potential, be the best person you could ever be) Move up pyramid as your lower needs are satisfied. Relies on the fact that biological systems have different things that they need to maintain at certain levels (i. e. : body temp) A homeostatic control process is any system that works actively to maintain homeostasis. By this definition, humans and animals have homeostatic control processes: thermoregulation.