intro psychology CLEP Study Guide
Sensation --simple stimulation of a sense organ; eyes, ears, tongue. Sensory receptors are found throughout the skin Perception --the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events theories of motivation ---evolutionary approach -drive reduction theory -optimum arousal theory Instinctual motivation --organisms born with preprogrammed tendencies drive-reduction theory --CLARK HULL- the idea that a physiological need creates an aroused tension state (a drive) that motivates an organism to satisfy the need Acquired drives --those drives that are learned through experience or conditioning, such as the need for money or social approval stimulus motives --internal states that prompt inquisitive, stimulation-seeking, and exploratory
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