PSYC 2230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pangs, Cognitive Dissonance, Homeostasis

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2230
• Professor: Frank Marchese

Document Summary

S : survey: q: questions ( headings / topics in book can all be converted to questions ex. What is the measurement of motivation?: r: read, r: recite, r: review. Stimulus input: physiological variables, genetic endowment, deprivation, hormonal activity, noxious stimulation, psychological variables, social - cultural learning, deprivation of learned reinforcers. Instrumental activity (goal - directed: automatic nervous system activity, persistence without reward, consummatory activity (goal - attaining, displaced, disguised, disruptive activity (fantasy, substitute target actions, dreams, symptoms) Concept of motivation (m): forces acting on or within an organism to initiate action (p. 4). Infer motivational processes from change in behaviour explanation for the relationship between s and r (see figures 1. 1 and 1. 2, p. 5: motivation is a performance variable (pv): when enough is present b is performed. Measure direction in terms of a preference test of possible choices (p. 7) Categories of analysis: study motivation from different viewpoints: nomothetic: a search for general laws by studying large groups.