Psych Module 37

A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior

• Motivation

• Instinct

• Instinct Theory

• Homeostasis

A complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is unlearned

• Motivation

• Instinct

• Instinct Theory

• Homeostasis

Views our instincts as the source of our motivations

• Motivation

• Instinct

• Instinct Theory

• Homeostasis

a tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state: the regulation of any aspect of body chemistry, such as blood glucose, around a particular level

• Motivation

• Instinct

• Instinct Theory

• Homeostasis

The idea that a physiological need creates an aroused state- a drive- that motivates an organism to satisfy the need and restore the body to homeostasis, or balance

• Drive-Reduction theory

• Incentives

• Yerkes-Dodson Law

• Optimal Arousal

Positive or negative environmental stimuli that lure or repel us.

• Drive-Reduction theory

• Incentives

• Yerkes-Dodson Law

• Optimal Arousal

moderate arousal leads to optimal performance

• Drive-Reduction theory

• Incentives

• Yerkes-Dodson Law

• Optimal Arousal

Between bored low arousal and anxious hyperarousal lies a flourishing life.

• Drive-Reduction theory

• Incentives

• Yerkes-Dodson Law

• Optimal Arousal