Psychology 1000 Chapter 11: Chapter 11 - Motivation and Emotion

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Terry Biggs

Document Summary

Motivation is a process that influences the direction, persistence, and drive of goal-directed behaviour. An instinct is an inherited predisposition to behave in a specific and predictable way when exposed to a particular stimulus. Instincts have a genetic basis, are found universally among all members of the species, do not depend on learning, and have survival value for the organism. Modern evolutionary psychologists believe that many motives have evolutionary underpinnings that are expressed through the actions of genes. Presumably, affiliation produced survival advantages such as shared resources or protection thus, over the ages, the genes of affiliative people made up an increasing part of the human gene pool. Homeostasis state of internal physiological equilibrium the body strives to maintain. The body"s internal environment is regulated by homeostatic mechanisms sensors detect bodily changes and send this information to a control centre, which in turn regulates a response system that restores bodily equilibrium.