Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Bulimia Nervosa, Rape Myth, Classical Conditioning

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: John Campbell

Document Summary

Motivation process that influences the direction, persistence, and vigour of goal directed behaviour. Instinct (fixed action pattern) an inherited characteristic, common to all members of a species, that automatically produces a particular response when the organism is exposed to a particular stimulus. Theories faded due to circular reasoning (people are greedy. Modern evolutionary psychologists propose that many motives have evolutionary underpinnings. Homeostasis a state of internal physiological equilibrium that the body strives to maintain. Requires a sensory mechanism for detecting changes in internal environment, a response system that can restore equilibrium, and a control centre that receives information from sensors. Drive theory physiological disruptions to homeostasis produce drives, states of internal tension that motivate an organism that reduce this tension. Clark hull proposes that reducing drives is the ultimate goal of motivated behaviour. Flaws in theory found in certain behaviours, such as when people skip meals to diet (increases rather than decreases state of arousal)