PSYC 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Binge Eating, Weight Loss, Achievement Orientation
10 Feb 2017
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Chapter 10 - motivation and emotion (lecture 2, 3, 4) Moti(cid:448)atio(cid:374)al psy(cid:272)hologists ask (cid:862)what d(cid:396)i(cid:448)es people to do the thi(cid:374)gs they do? (cid:863) (cid:862)what do they (cid:449)a(cid:374)t? (cid:863) People differ in the type and strength of their motives. These differences cause or are associated with important life outcomes. Differences will be stable over time (trait, not state) Motives can answer: why do people do what they do. Motive: internal state that arouses and directs behavior toward a specific object or goal. Need: a state of tension within the person. Motives are based on needs, and as need is satisfied, tension is reduced. Motives propel people to perceive, think, and act in ways that serve to satisfy a need. Hierarchy of needs: we have a variety of needs, some stronger than others (order of hierarchy is individual to self) According to murray, it is the process of reducing the tension, not being in a tensionless state, that is satisfying.
