PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Disinhibition, Goose Bumps, Belongingness

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

Rebecca jubis: drive or arousal, goal- directed behaviour. Theories of motivation: freud"s life & death instincts, instinct theories. Prewired to behave in a certain way. Fixed action patterns, if animals encounter a given stimulus they respond automatically to that stimulus (in-born: sociobiological view. Everything is motivated for our desire to pass on our genetic information to future generations; ensuring the survival of our genes: hull"s drive- reduction theory. Biological needs or deficiencies increase our drive (arousal) all behaviours are geared towards satisfying these needs and returning drive (arousal) to a 0" level. E= d x h --> probability = drive(energized) x habit strength( how well practiced a response is) Criticism: not all needs are biological; hunger drive is 0" after a large meal but you still settle for pie even though you are stuffed= incentives. Drive theories refer to how internal states push us. Incentive theories refer to how external stimuli pull us: optimal level of arousal theory (hebb)