PSY 3109 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Homeostasis, Motivation

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

Document Summary

Heather"s story of amputating her leg, overcoming a lot of pain, and achieving a goal of maintaining independence. Everyone has different motives/goals/priorities, but there are common core human. Needs: internal pressure sources that push us towards goals. Need or else we get physical/mental illness, death . Biological/physiological needs ( water, food, sleep, and temperature) driven by deficiency state - want homeostasis. Maslow"s controversial idea of needs beyond this . Psychological needs needed for mental health, wellbeing, growth not biological survival per say (e. g. need for affection) Want to enjoy life, not just survive. Elicit goal-oriented behaviour to satisfy motive (general) Have positive outcome as adaptive and beneficial: benefits facilitate survival/health, and failure to fulfill motive would be consequential. Are universal (across all countries/cultures, personality types, etc) Core human motives for: autonomy, competence, and belonging. Essential to human development/wellbeing and therefore the right reasons to pursue goals. You should have goals for these three areas (related to happiness, and self-esteem)