Blog #11

This week in psychology we discussed the theories of motivation and I found them to be quiet interesting. We looked at the instinct theory which is behaviors that are rigid patterned and unlearned. The drive-reduction theory in which physiological needs create motivation, such as thirst and hunger. Another theory is the incentive theory that positive or negative environmental stimulus motivate a behavior. Lastly, the optimum arousal theory increases arousal. Another thing that we looked at this week was Maslow's pyramid of hierarchy of needs. His pyramid shows the basic human needs starting with physiological needs and once those needs are met you move up the pyramid to self-transcendence needs at the very top.

With all of these theories I wanted to find a way to look at them in an easier way so I went and found this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4flf6XHJUc which I feel does an excellence job at showing all of these theories and explaining them.