PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Arcuate Nucleus, Drive Theory, Twin

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Gerry Goldberg

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Hunger is a drive system- if you go without food for a while, you begin to experience some discomfort. This internal tension motivates you to obtain food. Eating reduces the drive and restores equilibrium: drive theories cannot explain all motivation - thirst for knowledge . Incentive theories: propose that external stimuli regulate motivational states. Incentive is an external goal that has capacity to motivate behaviour: ex. Drive and incentive theories are often contrasted as push vs pull theories: drive theories emphasize how internal states of tension push people in certain directions, while incentive theories emphasize hoe external stimuli pull people in certain directions. Incentive theory: motivation lies outside of organism: drive theory: motivation lies within the organism. Range and diversity of human motives: all theorists agree on one point: humans display diversity in motives, biological motives, and social motives, biological needs are limited, unlimited social motives which are acquired through learning and socialization.