Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Autonomic Nervous System, Conditioned Taste Aversion, Thermostat

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Terry Biggs

Document Summary

Instinct: inherited predisposition to behave in specific and predictable way when exposed to particular stimulus. Instinct theory: instincts motivate much of our behavior: many faded because of little evidence and reliability on circular reasoning. Examining hereditary contributions to human motivation: how strong heredity accounts for differences in motivated behavior. Evolutionist say psychological motives have evolutionary purposes that are expressed through genes. Homeostasis: state of internal physiological equilibrium that body strives to maintain: need mechanism to detect change in internal environment, need response system, need control center to receive information and active response system. Drive theory: physiological disruptions to homeostasis produce drives that motivate an organism to behave in ways to reduce the tension: hull, less influential now. Incentives: environmental stimuli that pull organism toward goal. Incentive theory focus on external stimuli that motivate behavior: high incentive value can motivate behavior, more in common with classical conditioning.