CAS PS 101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Binge Eating, Paraventricular Nucleus Of Hypothalamus, Sexual Orientation

• School: Boston University
• Department: Psychological & Brain Sciences
• Course: CAS PS 101
• Professor: Tracy Dunne

Document Summary

Motivation process that influences the direction, persistence and strength of a goal directed behavior. Where do motivations come from: drive reduction theory physiological need creates a state of internal tension or arousal (drive) that motivates an organism to behave in such a way to reduce this tension. We are pushed by physiological need to reduce drives. We are pulled by incentives to reduce drives. Incentives: stimuli that pull an organism toward a goal. Extrinsic something is done in order to receive external reward or to avoid punishment. Intrinsic something is done for its own sake: psychodynamic view unconscious motives affect our behavior (this is a. Freudian theory, and freud himself emphasized sexual and aggressive motives): humanistic views (abraham maslow) also took into account striving for personal growth (self actualization) Deficiency needs physiological needs (food, drink); safety needs (security, psychological safety); belongingness and love needs (affiliation, acceptance, affection); esteem needs (approval, recognition)