PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Adipose Tissue, Motivation, Reinforcement
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Prologue human behavior = inconsistent; different people act differently in different situations reason for inconsistent behavior include aspects of motivation. Motivation: a general term for a group of phenomena that affect the nature, strength, and persistence of an individual"s behavior. What is motivation? tend to describe motivation in terms of goals. We behave in a particular way to get something (or to avoid something) Motivation = proactive similar to reinforcement; perform a behavior to gain a reinforce or to avoid an aversive event is also reactive; responds to the conditions present at the time. When an individuals arousal level is too high -> less stimulation is reinforcing. Perseverance perseverance: the tendency to continue to perform a behavior even when it is not being reinforced. May enjoy thinking about food and preparing meals for others to consume, but don"t eat themselves have an intense fear of becoming obese, continues even if they become dangerously thin.
