01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Belongingness, Homeostasis, Anorexia Nervosa

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: Dr.John Ackroff

Document Summary

Motivation: motivation- a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior. Incentives- a positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior: maslo(cid:449)"s hie(cid:396)a(cid:396)(cid:272)h(cid:455) of needs: Self-a(cid:272)tualizatio(cid:374) (cid:374)eeds need to li(cid:448)e up o(cid:374)e"s fullest a(cid:374)d u(cid:374)i(cid:395)ue pote(cid:374)tial: esteem needs. Need for self-esteem, achievement, competence, and independence; need for recognition and respect from others: belongingness and love needs. Need to love and be loved, to belong and be accepted; need to avoid loneliness and alienation: safety needs. Need to feel that the world is organized and predictable; need to feel safe, secure, and stable: physiological needs. Need to satisfy hunger and thirst: begins with physiological needs that must be satisfied the higher-level safety needs become active then psychological needs become active. Stomach contractions accompany our feelings of hunger: glucose the form of sugar that circulates in the blood, provides the major source of energy for body tissues, when its level is low, we feel hunger.