PSY 001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Abraham Maslow, Belongingness, Thermostat
21 Sep 2020
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Ex) young monkeys and children are fascinated by unfamiliar, drive to explore maintains an optimum level of arousal and is one of several motives that so not fill any immediate physiological need. Hierarchy of needs/motives- 1943 abraham maslow proposed that humans strive to ensure that basic needs are satisfied before they find motivation to pursue goals that are higher on this hierarchy. Self-transcendence (rare for people to make it to here) Criticisms: but we sometimes skip around on the pyramid. Humans automatically regulate caloric intake through a homeostatic system to prevent energy deficits and maintain stable body weight. Stomach contractions accompany our feelings of hunger. Subject swallows balloon, which measures stomach contractions and subject presses key each time he feels hungry. (hunger pangs followed contractions) But, when stomachs were removed (tsang 1938) removed rat stomachs and connected esophagus to the small intestines and yet the rats felt hungry. So not the only cue for hunger.
