PSYC 2740 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Functional Response, Unconditional Positive Regard, Thematic Apperception Test
12 Mar 2013
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Motives are internal states that arouse and direct behaviour toward specific objects or goals; a motive is often caused by a deficit, a lack of something. Motives are based on needs, states of tension within a person. Dynamic refers to the mutual influence of forces within a person. Press refers to need-relevant aspects of the environment; a persons need for affiliation wont affect that persons behaviour without an appropriate environmental press. There is a so-called real environment (alpha press) and a perceived environment (beta press) The thematic apperception test consist sof a set of black and white images which are ambigious and then the person is asked to make up a story about what is happening in the picture. The essential features of the tat and similar projective techniques are that the subject is given an ambiguous stimulus and they are asked to describe and interpret what is going on.
