Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Stage Fright, Health Canada, Sexual Fantasy

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas-de Hoog

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Motivation (cid:1037) process that influences the direction, persistence and vigour of goal-directed behaviour. Genetic, universal within species and doesn"t depend on learning. Instinct theory (cid:1037) inherited predisposition to behave in a specific and predictable way when exposed to a particular stimulus. Modern evolutionary psychologists propose that many psychological motives have evolutionary underpinnings that are expressed through the actions of genes. Adaptive significance of behaviour is a key to understanding motivation. Affiliation produced survival advantages that gave our ancestors a greater opportunity to pass on their genes to success generations. Over ages the genes of affiliative people made up an increasing part of the gene pool and humans become biologically predisposed to be social rather than inclusive. ) Homeostasis (cid:1037)state of internal physiological equilibrium that the body strives to maintain. Sensory system for detecting changes in the internal environment. Control centre that receives information from the sensors and activates the response system.