8a Extra Flashcards
Who is Aron ralston
Man who cut off his arm
Instinct theory
Replaced by evolutionary perspective
Focuses on genetically predisposed behaviors
Drive reduction theory
Focuses on how our inner pushes and external pulls interact
Arousal theory
Focuses on finding the right level of stimulation
DRIVE
An aroused motivated state
Pushed by…
Pushed by…
Pushed by need
Pulled by incentives
Optimum arousal
Human motivation aims not to eliminate arousal but to seek optimum levels or arousal
Transpersonal
Strive for meaning purpose and communion that is beyond the self
Male semi starve experiment
Men become food obsessed,
Washburn and Walter
Balloon experiment
Stomach contractions whenever felt hungry
Lateral hypothalamus
Activity Brings on hunger
If destroyed no interest in food
Ventromedial hypthalamus
Depresses hunger
Destroy it and processes for more rapidly and become extremely fat
What factors influence hunger
Taste preference (bio culture) Ecology of eating (social facilitation)
Social facilitation
The prescience of others tends to amplify our natural behavior tendencies, over eat at parties
Unit bias
When given more people eat more