PSYC1001 Study Guide - Final Guide: Animal Cognition, Exaptation, Ethology
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Motivation: why do we behav. in a certain way, very broad class. B/c motivation & emotion in a lot of classes of psych: motivation includes: Definition: a force or urge that may not result in behav (cid:494)the force that moves organisms to behave as they do(cid:495, (as a direction , has an intensity . Approach motivation: the impulse to move toward a stimulus. Avoidance motivation: the impulse to move away from a stimulus. Very approach oriented to see a friend. Can be very avoidant motivated: partially voluntary . Related to behav but not the same. We often possess 2 or more conflicting motivations. Self control: may require choosing long-term goal over short-term goal: can be conscious or below awareness. May be more difficult to put into words than other psychological states. May often do something but not sure why you did it. Difficult problem for researchers / clinicians: closely related to emotion .
