PSYC 1010 Chapter 10: Chapter 10 - Motivation and Emotion
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Motivation has 2 components: goal-directed behaviour (environment, drive/arousal (from within) Drive theories something inside you pushes you to do something. Organisms seek to maintain homeostasis (psychological stability: hull s concept of drive was based on this observation. e (probability of a response) = d (drive) x h (habit strength how well practised a particular response is) When arousal is too high or too low, we try to attain an optimal level and keep it at a. Eysenck said: extraverts have biologically-determined high levels of arousal, introverts have biologically-determined low levels of arousal. Your level of arousal is maintained by the reticular activating system (ras) What motivates people to engage in dangerous/risky behaviour: solomon s opponent process theory if there is too much of a swing to one pole of emotion, the opponent process will kick in. 2 types of motives: approach motives (to gain something good, avoidance motive (to avoid something bad)