Motivation Chapter 11 Lecture 12
2 Motivation Motivation is a need or desire that energizes behavior and directs it towards a goal. Aron Ralston AP Photo/ Rocky Mountain News, Judy Walgren
3 Theories on Motivation
4 Instincts & Evolutionary Psychology Instincts are complex behaviors that have fixed patterns throughout different species and are not learned (Tinbergen, 1951). © Ariel Skelley/ Masterfile Tony Brandenburg/ Bruce Coleman, Inc.
5 Drives and Incentives
6 Optimum Arousal Harlow Primate Laboratory, University of Wisconsin Randy Faris/ Corbis
7 A Hierarchy of Motives Abraham Maslow (1970) ( )
8 Hierarchy of Needs