PSYC 2800 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Taste, Posterior Pituitary, Olfactory Bulb Mitral Cell
15 Apr 2012
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Clearly, our subjective feelings and thoughts influence our actions. The cognitive interpretation of subjective feelings are emotions- anger< fear< sadness< jealousy< embarassment< joy but these feelings can operate outside our immediate awareness as well. We focus both on emotions and on the underlying reasons for motivation- behavior that seems purposeful and goal- directed. Motivated behaviors include both regulatory behaviors, such as eating, which are essential for survival, and non- regulatory behaviors, such as curiosity, which are not required to meet the basic needs of an animal. Free will is not an adequate explanation of behavior because the nervous sytem can produce behaviors over which an organism has neither choice nor control. Researchers have investigated causes f behavior, including the apparent need of the brain to maintain at least a minimum level of stimulation and the behavioral control exerted by the nervous system. Subject is allowed only restricted sensory input.
