Psychology

Motivation and Emotion Motivation majority of motivation is unconscious sexual motivation is pretty prominent ex. study in the Netherlands found that women dressed more scantily when ovulating motivation: direction/goal of motives strength of motives reflect biological and psychosocial needs drive: internal state of tension that motivates an organism to engage in activities that should reduce this tension (restore equilibrium, homeostasis) motives can be overridden by conscious thought biological motives: hunger motive thirst motive sex motive temperature motive excretory motive sleep/rest motive activity motive (optimal level of stimulation/arousal) aggression motive social motives: achievement motive social dominance hierarchy affiliation motive (social bonds) need for acceptance

Personality personality: an enduring pattern of thought, feeling, motivation, and behaviour that are expressed in different circumstances Psychodynamic Theories derived from Freud?s work focus is on unconscious mental forces Sigmund Freud?s Psychoanalytic Theory stated that all human behaviour is motivated by: sexual (libido - sex, sensuality) aggression (will to power, dominance) pros: emphasis on unconscious processes identification of defense mechanisms importance of childhood experiences in shaping adult personality cons: not solidly based on scientific observation (poor testability, lack of empirical evidence, etc.) excessive emphasis on sex and aggression The Psyche Id: instinctual drive present at birth bodily needs, wants, desires, impulses, sexual drive, aggressive drive