PSY 1305 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Serving Size, Homeostasis, Thermostat

• School: Baylor University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1305
• Professor: Danielle Young

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Basic motivational concepts: motivation is defined as need or desire that energizes and directs behavior, four perspectives for understanding motivated behaviors: Instinct theory (evolutionary perspective: drive-reduction theory, arousal theory, maslo(cid:449)"s hierarchy of needs. Instincts and evolutionary psychology: darwin, classification of many behaviors as instincts. Instinct: fixed, unlearned pattern throughout species, genes predispose some species-typical behavior. Drives and incentives: drive-reduction theory suggests physiological need creates an aroused tension state (a drive) that motivates an organism to satisfy the need, drive, homeostasis. Incentive: drive reduction theory, need (food, water) drive (hunger, thirst) drive-reducing behaviors (eating, drinking) Flow: mihaly csikszentmihalyi: flow: the mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity. A hierarchy of needs: maslow, viewed human motives as pyramid, at the base are basic physiological needs, at the peak are the highest human needs.