Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Sexual Attraction, Natural Disaster, Autonomic Nervous System

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Motivation: is a process that influences the direction, persistence, and vigour of goal-directed behaviour. The word motivation derives from the latin term meaning to move . Study motivation identify factors that move us toward our goals, whether are obtaining food, a mate, success or even peace and quiet. Instinct: is an inherited predisposition to behave in a specific and predictable way when exposed to a particular stimulus. Homeostasis: a state of internal physiological equilibrium that the body strives to maintain. Drives are viewed as internal factors that push organisms into action. Incentives: represent environmental stimuli that pull an organism toward a goal e. g to a student a good grade can be an incentive for studying. Modern incentive theory emphasizes the pull of external stimuli and how stimuli with high incentive value can motive behaviour, behaviour is motivated not by biological need but by the incentive value of the external stimulus.