Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Human Sexual Response Cycle, Neuropeptide Y, Ventromedial Nucleus Of The Hypothalamus

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Motivation process that influences the direction, persistence, and vigour of goal-directed behaviour. Instinct inherited predisposition to behave in a specific and predictable way when exposed to a particular stimulus. A state of internal physiological equilibrium that the body strives to maintain. Requires a sensory mechanism for detecting changes in the internal environment, a response system that can restore equilibrium, and a control centre that receives information from the sensors and activates the response system. According to clarke hull"s drive theory, physiological disruptions to homeostasis produce. Drives (states of internal tension that motivate an organism to behave in ways that reduce this tension) Represent environmental stimuli that pull an organism toward a goal. Emphasizes the pull of external stimuli and how stimuli with high incentive value can motivate behaviour, even in the absence of biological need. Extrinsic motivation (performing an activity to obtain an external reward or to avoid punishment) and intrinsic motivation (performing an activity for its own sake)