Drive theories Flashcards
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Central state theory of drivers
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Different drives correspond to neural activity in different sets of neurons in the brain.
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Central drive system
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Set of neurons in which activity constitutes a drive
3
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Hypothalamus
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Plays very important role in drives
4
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Liking
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Subjective feeling of pleasure/satisfaction, caused by endorphins.
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Wanting
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Desire to obtain a reward. Links most clearly to motivation. Caused by dopamine
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Reinforcement
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Effects that rewards have in promoting learning
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Medial forebrain bundle
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Hardest and longest work to stimulate this tract. Neurons are crucial for reward. Cell bodies in nuclei in midbrain, synaptic terminals in nucleus accumbens
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Nucleus accumbens
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Nucleus in basal ganglia, has connections to limbic system and cerebral cortex
