PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Frontal Lobe, Victoria Medal Of Honour, Casual Sex
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Motivation: factors that energize, direct, or sustain behaviour. Energizing- activate/arouse behaviour ex: desire for fitness go to gym. Directive- guide behaviours toward satisfying specific goals or needs ex: hunger motivates eating. Persistent- people persist until goals met, needs satisfied. Motives differ in strength- depending on internal/external factors. Need: state of deficiency, which can either be biological (water) or social (need to belong to a group) goal directed behaviours. Humans are driven by many needs need hierarchy. Base: survival needs need to be satisfied first. Supports humanistic theory- people strive toward personal fulfillment, continually trying to improve ourselves. Self-actualization: a state that is achieved when one"s personal dreams and aspiration have been attained. Limitation to hierarchy- protestors that starve themselves for their personal beliefs. Drives: psychological states that encourage behaviours that satisfy needs. Hull- a drive increased in proportion to the amount of depreciation (hungrier you are, more driven you are to find food)
