PSYC 2230 Lecture 2: Lecture 2

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2230
• Professor: Pauline Charlton

Document Summary

Stimulus conditions and response output: conceptualizing that motivation is a theoretical (cid:272)o(cid:374)stru(cid:272)t that (cid:862)i(cid:374)ter(cid:448)e(cid:374)es (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) sti(cid:373)ulus i(cid:374)put a(cid:374)d respo(cid:374)se output(cid:863) o(cid:374) p5. Refers to forces acting on or within an organism to initiate action: motivation means to move. Refers to forces that move us, that determine our action and reaction. Forces external and internal to organism determine motivated action: a stimulus that is external that may prompt an action or reaction light and sound and smell and pressure (physical) that may initiate action or reaction. Internal force that motivate/move organism to behave (basic needs): hunger, thirst, fear (internal subjective experience that is emotional in nature) emotion makes it more likely to behave; when motivated, likely to experience degree of affect or emotion. Major constructs of motivational psychology: energy, physiological: Brain circuitry: monitor internal state of activate motivated behaviour (e. g. hunger need is related to monitored glucose levels)