PSYC 2230 Lecture Notes - Drive Theory, Libido, Psychosexual Development

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Chapter 5: drive theory and motivational psychology (photocopy: concept of drive: introduced originally by freud and woodworth in early 1900s and replaced concept of instinct. Drive refers to an energized state arising out of need that propels organisms toward a goal that satisfies the need and reduces the drive. When a drive is reduced, any behaviour that"s successful in reducing the drive is reinforced. If the behaviour doesn"t work a specific time, you find a new behaviour until the behaviour has given no problems. Drt (drive reduction theory) of reinforcement: responses that lead to drive reduction are learned modes of conduct. Early formulations of drive: freud in early 1900s used drive concept ( trieb ) as a moving force; as energy that arouses organism and initiates behaviour: drive as psychic energy that accumulates in the personality structure of the id.

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