PSYB30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Counterpoint, Belongingness, Functional Response
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Motives internal states that arouse and direct behaviour toward specific objects or goals. Based on needs states of tension within a person. As need is satisfied tension reduced. Motives propel ppl to perceive, think, and act in specific ways that satisfy the need. Ppl differ in the type and strength of their motives. Differences cause or associated with important life outcomes. Differences among ppl in relative amounts of various motives are stable over time. According to murray need: readiness to respond in a certain way under certain given circumstances. Organizes perception, guiding us to see what we want (or need) to see. Organizes action by compelling the person to do what is necessary to fulfill the need. Needs states of tension and that satisfying the need reduces the tension. Process of reducing tension is what the person finds satisfying. Murray believed that each person had a unique hierarchy of needs. Dynamic mutual influence of forces within a person.
