PSYC1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Ethology, Autonomic Nervous System, Capilano River

• School: UNSW, UNSW Sydney
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC1001
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Self regulation - process by which an organism controls behaviour in order to pursue other objectives. Situations that require self regulation: conflict between motivations, may involve concious goals. Delay of gratification: putting off [leasurable experience for a future pay off, difficult because immediate rewards tend to be valued more than delayed rewards. How to resist tempation: hot emotion/cool cognition, reducing motivational characteristics: placing reward out of sight, external distraction: a toy in the room. Factors in goal success: specific goals, moderately challenging, both long term and short term steps, behavioural intentions: when _____ happens, i will do _______". Instincts, ethology, preparedness: evolutionary, drive reduction, reinforcement sensitivity theory. Psychosocial approaches to motivation: maslow"s hierarchy, needs for ach, affiliation, power, self determination. Sexual motivation: sexual behaviour, gender differences, sexual orientation, sexual response patterns, psychological well being. Regulating motivation/self- regulation: resisting temptation, accomplishing goals. Emotion: concious experience: emotions are experienced as positive or negative in valence, positive emotions.