PSY 1101 Study Guide - Erectile Dysfunction, Basal Metabolic Rate, Bulimia Nervosa
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Chapter 11- motivation and work: motivational concepts: the why of behaviour, direct and energize behaviour. When the needs are not satisfied, tension is increased within us. Drives push us to act to decrease the tension within us. Incentives: there are external rewards which motivate us to do things. (money, cars, degrees: optimal arousal, both humans and animals are motivated to obtain an optimum level of arousal. If arousal is too low, we feel tired, bored and try to bring it up. If arousal level is too high, we work hard to bring it down, because it is also uncomfortable: a hierarchy of motives (maslow, we have physiological and psychological needs. They motivate us to take action to satisfy those needs. You would still feel hungry and have an appetite: body chemistry & the brain: glucose levels go down a bit before eating, ghrelin (hunger hormone) high levels of ghrelin is high level of hunger, more likely to eat.
