PSYC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Motivation, Peak Experience, Normative Social Influence
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Stress, and emotion: motivation, motivation: the process by which activities are started, directed, and continued so that physical or psychological needs or wants are met. Extrinsic motivation: a person performs an action because it leads to an outcome that is separate from or external to the person. Intrinsic motivation: a person performs an action because the act is fun, challenging, or satisfying in an internal manner. Instincts: the biologically determined and innate patterns of behavior that exist in both people and animals. Drive: a psychological tension and physical arousal; arises when there is a need that motivates the organism to act in order to fulfill the need and reduce the tension. Drive reduction theory: assumes that behavior arises from physiological needs that cause internal drives to push the organism to satisfy the need and reduce tension and arousal. Primary drives: involve needs of the body such as hunger and thirst.
