PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Binge Eating, Monosaccharide, Twin

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

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Organisms seek to maintain homeostasis, a state of physiological equilibrium or stability. A drive is an internal state of tension that motivates an organism to engage in activities that should reduce this tension. When individuals experience a drive, they"re motivated to pursue actions that will lead to drive reduction. An incentive is an external goal that has the capacity to motivated behaviour. Ice cream, steak, approval from friends, an a on an exam, etc. Drive and incentive models of motivation are often contrasted as push versus pull theories. Drive theories emphasize how internal states of tension push people in certain directions. Incentive theories emphasize how external stimuli pull people in certain directions. According to drive theories, the source of motivation lies within the organism. And with incentive theories, the source of motivation lies outside the organism, in the environment. Expectancy-value models of motivation are incentive theories that take this reality into account.