[Unit 7] Module 52

• Motivation is a need or desire that energizes and directs behaviour
• Instincts direct behaviour throughout an entire species.
• Instinct is an unlearned, fixed pattern of behaviour in response to certain stimuli.
• Humans have a survival instinct to prioritize your survival.
• Humans have reproductive instincts (sexual drive)
• Humans have an instinctual fear of snakes
• Humans have an instinct to gossip, to deny, and have tribe loyalty.
• The drive-reduction theory only apply to physiological needs
• The drive-reduction theory is an internal state where there is a primary need to produce a drive, the sensation of lacking such need, which inspires a drive-reducing behaviour.
• The steps for the drive reduction theory is that the need inspires the drive, the drive motivates the drive-reducing behaviour, and then the behaviour occurs.
• Incentive theory only applies to the environment influencing the behaviour
• The incentive theory is an external state that is driven by reinforcers, goals, and rewards.
• Optimal levels of arousal are the best for optimizing performance and motivation.
• The correlation between arousal and performance is demonstrated by Yerkes-Dodson's Law Bell Curve.

  
• Yerkes-Dodson's law states that low or high arousal leads to poorer performance while moderate arousal results in optimal performance.
• Yerkes-Dodson's Law States that the relationship between performance and arousal is indirectly proportional.
• Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs says that human beings have needs that need to be fulfilled in a particular order.
• Maslow's Hierarchy of needs says that the first need is physiological needs, to fulfill primary needs
• Maslow's Hierarchy of needs says that the second need is safety needs, and to do what makes you feel safe and secure
• Maslow's Hierarchy of needs says that the third need is belonging and love needs, to feel love and acceptance instead of loneliness and separation.
• Maslow's Hierarchy of needs says that the fourth need is esteem needs, to yearn for higher self-esteem and external validation.
• Maslow's Hierarchy of needs says that the fifth need is self-actualization, the need to live up to our fullest and unique potential.
• Maslow's Hierarchy of needs says that the sixth need is self-transcendence needs, which is the need to find meaning and identity beyond the self.