PSYC 2230 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Solomon Asch, Nomothetic, Anxiety Disorder
9 Feb 2017
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Chapter 1: measuring motivation and the role of evolution in motivation. One behavior, then toward another than to try to analyze it as absent or present: a(cid:374)gie"s pro(cid:271)le(cid:373) Some motives seem best explained biologically, others appear to be primarily learned, while still others are best viewed as cognitive in nature. Motivation the concept we use when we describe the forces acting on or within an organism to initiate and direct behavior. Intense behaviors are considered to be the result of higher levels of motivation. A highly motivated behavior will often be persistent even though intensity of behavior is low. Do(cid:374)"t (cid:373)easure (cid:373)oti(cid:448)atio(cid:374) dire(cid:272)tl(cid:455), (cid:449)e manipulate some stimulus (s) condition and then measure some behavior in the form of a response (r). Variable any factor that can have more than one value: e. g. we can be a little hungry, moderately hungry, or ravenously hungry.
