4309 Chapter 10: Psychology 101, Chapter 10 - Motivation & emotion

• School: University of Canberra
• Department: University of Canberra
• Course: 4309
• Professor: J. Clode

Document Summary

These drives may express themselves in subtle ways. Aggression, for example, can underlie sarcastic comments or enjoyment of violent movies. Changing views of motivation: what are our basic motives: psychodynamic views of motivation have advanced considerably since freud"s death in 1939. Wishes range from the obvious and commonplace, such as the desire to be promoted at work, to the less obvious and unconscious, such as competitive desires that the individual would feel guilty to acknowledge. Once a wish is achieved, it may become temporarily deactivated or less intense. It is a list of 40 wishes and fears each and has recently been used to investigate motives in people with borderline personality disorder. Unconscious motivation: to study unconscious motives, researchers often use the thematic apperception test (tat). Tat consists of a series of ambiguous pictures about which participants make up a story. Researchers then code the stories for motivational themes.