PSYCH 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Teleology, Sigmund Freud
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At the end of this unit, you should be able: to critique the reduction of human motivations to basic instincts, to explain the role of the self-concept in goal-setting and motivation, to explain the approach-avoidance axis in goal-seeking. Questions from reading: introduction (the diff is how we feel about them, homeostatic motivations. We don"t think about these motivations: teleological motivations. Why do we think about these so diff than homeostatic motivations: teleology: end-directed, or goal-oriented. You make decisions based off of goals: give our lives purpose, meaning, instinct theories: what do all life-forms have in common (darwinian thinking) reproduce themselves, sigmund freud (1933) We are the first domesticated/civilized species animal instincts: sex drive, aggression (predatory drive) Everything we did was an expression of either of these two motivations. Instincts drive many of the things we do, but need a longer list than freud"s: problems, de nition of instinct. Usually has a biological basis, but there are other influences (external/environmental)
