1. IIC-2.2 Describe the situational cues giving rise to anger and fear.
Motivation
IIC-2.1 Describe the interaction of internal cues and learning on basic drives.
IIC-2.2 Describe the situational cues giving rise to anger and fear.
IIC-2.3 Describe the situational cues and individual characteristics giving rise to
IIC-3.1 Describe one or more theories of motivation, such as expectancy value, cognitive dissonance, arousal, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, and drive reduction.

2. Warm Up: Write a list of 10 items or goals which you want in the near future. Next to each item or goal, write how will you achieve those goals or obtain those items.
Standards
Objective
IIC-2.1 Describe the interaction of internal cues and learning on basic drives.
IIC-3.1 Describe one or more theories of motivation, such as expectancy value, cognitive dissonance, arousal, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, and drive reduction.
Students will be able to construct their own version Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and explain the importance of each section and compare it to Maslow’s hierarchy.

3. Matching Vocabulary! Motivation Instinct Homeostasis Incentive
A positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior
A complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is unlearned
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
A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior

4. What is motivation? Four main theories
Instinct theory (formerly known as evolutionary perspective)
Focuses on genetic predisposed behaviors
Drive-reduction theory
Focuses on the inner pushes and external pulls interact with each other
Arousal Theory
Finding the right level of stimulation
Hierarchy of needs
How some needs take priority over others

5. Instinct Theory Created by Charles Darwin within his evolution theory
States that all humans, like animals, have unlearned abilities (such as rooting in babies)
Fails to explain human motives but it helps us to understand why this contributes to areas of motivation such as hunger or sexuality.
Helps explain phobias

6. Drive Reduction Theory
Replaced the instinct theory
Drive-reduction theory (DRT) is the idea that a physiological need creates an aroused state that drives the organism to reduce the need.
Example – when you are thirsty, you find liquid to quench your thirst.
When your physiological need increases (a push), your psychological drive (motivation) does so as well.
The main goal in DRT is to achieve homeostasis
Individual learning plays a role in motivation (a pull) through incentives
When there is both a need and an incentive, motivation is high.

7. Arousal Theory Built on the idea of curiosity
Needing more than just the reach homeostasis, animals will try to increase their arousal through motivated behaviors.
Info-vores
Humans have a brain mechanism that rewards for new information
Not enough arousal = boredom
Too much arousal = stress and decrease

8. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Abraham Maslow – Creator of the pyramid description of Hierarchy of Needs
Broken up into 6 different categories
Physiological, safety, belonging needs and love needs, esteem needs, self actualization needs, and self transcendence needs
Not universally fixed
Example – hunger strike

9. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

10. Quickwrite
Using Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, write all the different needs that you have in your life currently. Are they being met or are you doing things to achieve those needs?

11. Hierarchy Project!
Take a piece of blank paper and divide it up into 6 even parts (as evenly as possible)
At the top write “your name’s hierarchy of needs”
Label from bottom to top the 5 different levels of needs. (You may reorganize the needs to fit your life)
In each level, write 2-3 examples of personal needs in those boxes and how they are being met. If those needs are not being met, explain how you can meet those goals.
Draw a small picture next to each need.
You will need 13 total needs.
For a closer look, it is on pg 342 (Exploring psychology) and 472 (Psychology)