Human sexual activity

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