Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Roy Baumeister, Social Comparison Theory, Mark Leary
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Motivation factors that energize, direct or sustain behaviour. Four qualities of motivational states: energizing activate/arouse behaviours, directive guide behaviours to specific goals/needs, persistent until goals are achieved, strength dependent on internal and external factors. Need state of biological or social deficiency. Need hierarchy maslow"s arrangement of needs, in which basic survival needs must be met before people can satisfy higher needs: maslow is an example of humanist psychology viewing people as striving toward personal fulfillment, lacks empirical support. Self-actualization a state that is achieved when one"s personal dreams and aspirations have been attained. Arousal psychological activation, such as increased brain activity, autonomic responses, sweating or muscle tension; created by needs. Drive psychological state that motivates an organism to satisfy its needs. Homeostasis the tendency for bodily functions to maintain equilibrium; term coined by walter: cannon. If a behaviour consistently reduces a drive, it becomes a habit.