PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Endocrine System, Display Rules, Vaginal Lubrication
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Motives are the needs, wants, interests and desires that propel people in certain directions. Goals and our motivation to achieve them are often important characteristics of successful adjustment. Drives are also known as motivational forces. Walter cannon observed that organisms seek to maintain homeostasis, a state of physiological equilibrium or stability. A drive is an internal state of tension that motivates an organism to engage in activities that should reduce this tension. When individuals experience a drive, they are motivated to pursue it in order to reduce the drive. Example: you can go without food for a while with some discomfort, but as time passes the internal tension (the drive) motivates you to get food. By eating, you reduce the tension and restore physiological equilibrium. An incentive is an external goal that has the capacity to motivate behavior. Examples of this are ice cream, monetary prize, a on an exam and promotion at work.
