PSYC 2740 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Counterpoint, Human Nature, Belongingness

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2740
• Professor: Stephen Lewis

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Basic concepts: motives: internal states that arouse and direct behaviour toward specific objects or goals, often caused by a deficit (a lack of something, ex. Press: according to murray elements in the environment affect a person"s needs, press: need-relevant aspects of our environment, ex. In a given situation what a person sees may be different from what other people see: ex. Some needs in murray"s (ierarchy: ambition, achievement, exhibition, order, social power, aggression, autonomy, blame-avoidance, social affection, affiliation, nurturance, succorance. The big three motives: achievement, power, and intimacy: murray proposed several dozen motives but researchers have mostly focused on a small set, motives are based on needs for achievement, power, and intimacy (driven by needs) Increasing the need for achievement: research on the achievement motive typically takes the form of correlating tat need for achievement (nach) scores with other measures thought to be related to achievement, ex. Need for power (npow: desire to have an impact on others.