Do Now What motivates you to do something?

Work Work on Q1 in class. I will lecture on it the last part of class

Unit 8A Motivation & Emotion: Motivation Motivational Concepts

Motivation Motivation: a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior EX: I eat (behavior) because I’m hungry (need that is directing behavior) EX: I have sex (behavior) because it sounds pleasurable (desire that directs behavior)

Instincts & Evolutionary Psychology Instinct: a complex behavior that is patterned throughout a species and is unlearned EX: Humans- an infant sucking a thumb as a reflex EX: Animals- salmon fish return to the same place they were born Instincts don’t explain all motives Genes play a role in behavior and help explain similarities between a species

Drives & Incentives Drive-reduction theory: the idea that our body’s basic needs (what would those be?) creates an aroused state (a drive) that motivates organisms to satisfy that need Homeostasis: balanced internal state EX: blood sugar levels or temperature Need Drive Reduce drive

Drives & Incentives cont. Not only are we pushed by our needs but we are pulled by incentives Incentive: a positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior EX: the smell of pizza (environmental factor) can motivate us to eat (behavior) this can be learned They motivate behavior

Optimum Arousal Human motivation aims not to eliminate arousal but to seek optimum levels of arousal When our biological needs are met we are driven to experience stimulation and hunger for information

Hierarchy of Motives Abraham Maslow’s pyramid of human needs At the bottom are our physiological needs and the further up you go the more psychological the needs become EX: if you need to go pee, does that not begin to preoccupy your thoughts?

Today Introduce Project Quiz on Q1 tomorrow? HW= Work on Project Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Due Monday 12/12 Quiz on Q1 tomorrow? HW= Work on Project