PSY426H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Cumulative Learning, Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Rebar
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So this week"s unit was on epistemic needs; which is essentially the need for knowledge. The theme presented is the struggle between the motivation for certainty and the motivation for uncertainty; because while we seek security and certainty in our lives, we nonetheless look for excitement and variety, as well. There are times when people are open to uncertainty, while at others they freeze their mind to new views which is a great influence on stereotyping and decision-making. Robert white contributed a lot to the study of this phenomenon, and we are about to summarize the article in which he proposes a new motivational construct called. Unlike previous research and theories that focused on the basic human drives and dire situations, white"s brought forth the idea that we also have the latent motivation to influence the environment and explore it.
