PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Walter Bradford Cannon, Projective Test, Thematic Apperception Test

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

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Motivation: involves goal-directed behaviour street kids reject societal standards and goals, focusing on the short-term instead of the long-term several theories: drive theories o incentive theories, evolutionary theories. Drive theories: internal state of arousal motivates behaviour to reduce discomfort. Push people to act (emphasis on internal biological factors) Homeostasis: state of physiological equilibrium or stability. Pull people to act (emphasis on external environmental factors) incentive: external goal that has the capacity to motivate behaviour: ex. juicy steak, a prize, friend"s approval, etc. o some reduce drives, some may not. Expectancy-value model: motivation to pursue a particular course of action depends on 2 factors: expectancy: likelihood of attaining incentive o value: how appealing incentive is. Evolutionary theories: motivations present because they were evolutionarily adaptive (with regards to reproductive success), ex. affiliation, achievement, dominance, aggression, sex in hunter-gatherer societies: dominance motive: Dominant males may poach females from subordinate males. Dominant males could intimidate male rivals for sexual access.