PSYC 1002 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Multiple Sclerosis, Electra Complex, Unconscious Mind
23 Mar 2016
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Homeostasis: a state of physiological equilibrium or stability to behaviour. Drive: an internal state of tension that moivates an organism to engage in aciviies that should reduce tension. Incenive: an external goal that has the capacity to moivate behaviour. Expectancy-value model of moivaion: incenive theories take reality into account. According to expectancy-value models, one"s moivaion to pursue a paricular course of acion will depend on two factors: expectancy about one"s chances of ataining the incenive, value of the desired incenive. One thing that moivaional theorists can agree on is: humans display an enormous diversity of moives. Biological moives: originate in bodily needs, such as hunger. Social moives: originate in social experiences, such as the need for achievement. Hypothalamus: a iny structure involved in the regulaion of a variety of biological needs related to survival. Arcuate nucleus and the paraventricular nucleus play a large role in the modulaion of hunger.
