PSY 3109 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Evolutionary Psychology, Dependent And Independent Variables, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3109
• Professor: Heatherarmstrong

Document Summary

Motivated: to be moved to action/behavior or change in action/behavior. Motive: internal disposition to approach or avoid an incentive. Motives push a person into action toward an end state, e. g. , hunger as a push toward food. Incentives pull a person toward an end state, e. g. , chocolate pulls a person toward it. Motives push the train to its destination, and external tangible objects pull the train to its destination that is, the end state. Similarly, motives push a person toward some end state, while external incentives pull a person toward the end state. Motives like biological needs and psychological needs act like push motivation, while external incentives and goals act like pull motivation. Emotion: a universal multi-channeled reaction by which a person copes with a stimulus change. Example: fear is for coping with danger. Example: anger is for coping with a blocked goal. Anticipatory response mechanism: miniscule consummatory responses elicited by the goal.