PSYC 1030H Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Paul Ekman, Belongingness, Electrodermal Activity
24 Jan 2018
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Motive: a need or desire that propels someone to act in a particular way. Motivation goes by many names: habit, belief, desire, instinct, need, interest, compulsion, drive. Many motive theories are very similar - only di erence is the amount of emphasis placed on biological factors or environmental factors. Instinct theory (completely emphasizes biology) - motivation is result of genetic programming. All beings within a species are programmed for the same motivations. Problems with this theory: theorists were never able to agree on a list of instincts. Also didn"t provide an explanation for instincts . Evolutionary theories (studies genetic evolutionary bases of behaviour in all organisms + humans) Suggests that natural selection favours social behaviour that maximizes reproductive success. Biological motives in humans: hunger motive, thirst motive, sex motive, temperature motive etc, Drive an internal state of tension that motivates an organism to engage in activities that may reduce this tension. Most organisms try to and maintain homeostasis (physiological equilibrium)
