PSYC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Arcuate Nucleus, Paraventricular Nucleus Of Hypothalamus, Judith Rodin
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Chapter 10: motivation and emotion: motivational theories and concepts. Motives: needs, wants, desires and interests that propel people to certain direction. Homeostasis: physiological equilibrium or stability to behavior. Drive: an internal state of tension that motivates an organism to engage in activity that should reduce the tension. > when experiencing a drive, the individuals will involve in the drive reduction in order to reduce the tension (e. g: when hungry, you"ll eat something and that"ll restore physio equili) > drive: uses push (internal push individual"s action) > incentive: uses pull (the external stimuli pull individual"s action into doing something) - therefore, incentive theory doesn"t use the principle of homeostasis (which is to achieve a physio equil. within the organism) - this theory emphasizes on the environmental factor. Expectancy-value models: one"s motivation to commit an action depends on these. If a particular motive crucial for a species, that is probably because that motive enables the species to reproduce /survive.
