PSY 113 1st Edition Lecture 8Outline of Last Lecture I. Psych in Action ArticleII. CorrelationIII. ExperimentsIV. Conducting our own experimenta. What we did wrongOutline of Current LectureI. Motivation and EmotionII. Drive Reduction theoryIII. Maslow’s Hierarchy of NeedsIV. Self-Determination TheoryCurrent LectureChapter 7 – Motivation and Emotion-Key Concepts:- Drive theory- Hunger and eating- Sexual behavior- Need for affiliation and achievement- 4 theoriesDrive Reduction TheoryNeed Drive Drive-reducing behavior Homeostasis(food hunger eat)(water thirst drink)(body heat chill put on sweater)Primary and Secondary Drives-Primary drives – homeostasis- Hunger- Thirst- sexual-Secondary drives- Need for achievement- Need of affiliation- Need understandingMaslow’s Hierarchy of NeedsThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.-Primary needs need to be met first, which leads to fulfilment/self-actualization, and at the very top, transcendenceSelf-Determination Theory-We watched a video about this in class:- It’s accepted that if you reward a behavior, you get more of it- And if you punish the behavior, you get less of it- Study done at MIT where subjects had to memorize digits, do word or special puzzles, or throw aball into a hoop- There were 3 levels of reward based on how well the person did- For the tasks requiring mechanical skills, the higher rewards garnered higher performance- For skills that required even a rudimentary cognitive ability, the larger the reward, the poorer theperformance- Experiment replicated in rural India with same result- There are 3 factors that lead to better performance: autonomy, mastery, and purpose- Autonomy: one company gives employees 24 hours to work on anything they want and gets great results- Mastery: people play musical instruments on weekends for fun and to get better at it- In the same way, people do things they like for free, like editing Wikipedia- Purpose: people like the creator of Skype or Steve Jobs; they do what they do to make the world a better place or pursue a
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