PSYC 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Motivation, Functional Fixedness, Cognitive Bias
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Food and sex are the most overpowering drives. Certain drives motivate us to minimize aversive states. Drives are unpleasant but satisfaction of result brings pleasure. Different levels of drive motivated to maintain homeostasis. There is an optimal level of arousal for each task (to much or too little will. Drive reduction theories need be supplemented by incentive theories. Looked at motivation telling some they"d be timed and some they would receive an award. Time (intrinsic) , win an award (extrinsic) Primary must be met before moving up to next stage. Will to survive requires one to find true meaning of life (intrinsic) Can provide happiness only to a certain extent. Studies show that ,000 will make you happy but anything above that has no correlation with higher happiness amounts. Subjective sense of how satisfied they are with their life. Eating disorders show a lack of food drive. Sexual activity drive does not stop in old age.
