CSP 161 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Human Bonding, General Idea, Motivation

• School: University of Rochester
• Department: Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology
• Course: CSP 161
• Professor: Andrew Elliot

Document Summary

We usually expect that people behave in a certain way in order to achieve some or to increase their positive emotions. Wanting something to happen does not make it happen. Expectancy-value theory the general idea that both desires and cognitions influence behavioral choices can be expressed by a simple equation. Valence the possible outcomes that can be either positive or negative. An action has an intention attached to it. Issues: me(cid:396)el(cid:455) shifts the (cid:862)(cid:449)h(cid:455)(cid:863) (cid:395)uestio(cid:374) f(cid:396)o(cid:373) (cid:449)h(cid:455) did the(cid:455) a(cid:272)t that (cid:449)a(cid:455) to (cid:449)h(cid:455) (cid:449)as it thei(cid:396) intention to act that wat. Intention is highly correlated with the upcoming behavior, but less correlated after a long period of time. Life instinct was in the service of the species. Death instinct was the destructive force in the species. Pleasure principle the striving towards an absence of pain and excess of pleasure. Id bodily impulses that make up the basic biological instincts forged by evolution.