PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Sexual Stimulation, Context-Dependent Memory, Thalamus
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Elliot had a tumor growing behind his eye. The surgeons removed the noncancerous tumor but could not avoid the frontal lobe tissue. He continued to be an intelligent man with superb memory but he could no longer experience emotion: he was incapable of making trivial decisions and failed to learn from his mistakes. Emotions are primary source of motivation, as we seek objects and activities that make us feel good and avoid doing things that makes us feel bad. Together, motivation and emotion make things happen. Most of the general theories of motivation emphasize 4 essential qualities of motivational states: Need state of biological or social deficiency. Needs lead to goal directed behaviour. Abraham maslow (cid:498)needs theory(cid:499) people can satisfy higher needs. Failure to satisfy a particular need leads to psychosocial or physical impairment fulfillment. )t"s a more useful indicator of what might be true about people"s behaviours than of.
