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| central debates of the history of motiv. |
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• Internal vs external control
• Nature vs Nurture
• Feelings vs Thinking (Emotions vs Thoughts) |
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Hedonism: ppl and animals are motivated to seek out pleasure and avoid displeasure.
Motivation as self-interest |
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We do what we believe is right.
Socrates believed this was innate. |
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interactive dualism, still a mediational model
o Rational Mind
o Body as machine (reflex/animal spirits)
o Stimulus -> animal spirits -> response |
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| • Wifelm Wundt Psych 1879 |
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o Study of consciousness through introspection
• Looked within himself
o Stimulus -> sensation -> response
o Still mediational model |
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| • Darwin and Evolution 1859 |
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o Variability
• Evolution- survival of the fittest
o Heritability |
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environmental selection
• Social people have evolved bc its better (fitter) to work together |
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| darwin believed - between humans and animals |
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contiguity
• Social, food, water, reproduction, drug abuse- Animal Mind? Or Human instincts?
Wolf pack, elephants travel together |
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behaviorist Manifesto 1913 Behavioral Model
o Study of observable behavior, can’t measure the intermediate variable~ motivation must be inferred
o Experimentation
o Stimulus -> response |
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| • Freud’s psychoanalysis 1920s |
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o Unconscious mind affects behavior
o Stimulus -> unconscious drive -> behavior |
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| freud;s free association and dream analysis |
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| • Free association- talking to therapist, word vomit, looking at picture and saying the first thing you think of= reflects back to emotional state |
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| o Cognitive revolution 1950-60s |
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• Conscious mind affects behavior
• Stimulus -> cognitive mechanism (memory)-> behavior
Weighing pros and cons drive behavior |
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