PSYC 2230 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Libido, Drive Theory, Estrous Cycle

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2230
• Professor: Frank Marchese

Document Summary

Concept of drive: introduced originally by freud and woodforth in early 1900s and replaced concept of instinct. Drive refers to an energized state arising out of need that propels organisms toward a goal that satisfies the need and reduces the drive. Drive is channeled into general increase(arousal) in behaviour that brings organism into contact with objects that may satisfy need. Drive induces responses that reduce need and drive(drive reduction. Responses that lead to drive reduction are learned modes of conduct. Early formulations: freud in early 1900s used (defined) drive concept (trieb) as a moving force; as energy that arouses organism and initiates behaviour. Drive(d) as psychic energy that accumulates in the personality structure of the id. Energy beyond a certain point is unpleasant since organism governed by principle of constancy. Reduce excitation in nervous system this is pleasurable. Object may change in course of life but moving force remains the same.