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| Drives: In psychology, drives are psychological states that propel individuals to satisfy basic physiological needs or achieve specific goals. Rooted in the drive-reduction theory, drives motivate behavior to alleviate internal tensions, such as hunger or thirst. See also Behavior, Control processes, Regulation, Self-regulation._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Philip J. Corr on Drives - Dictionary of Arguments
Corr I 367 Drives/Corr: In accordance with the concept of sub-goal scaffolding, we may see that Drive is concerned with actively pursuing desired goals, Reward-Responsiveness is concerned with excitement at doing things well and winning, and Fun-Seeking is concerned with the impulsivity aspect of the BAS (Behavioral Approach System; >Behavior/Corr, >Terminology/Corr). See >Reinforcement Sensivity Theory/Corr. Philip J. Corr, „ The Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory of Personality“, in: Corr, Ph. J. & Matthews, G. (eds.) 2009. The Cambridge handbook of Personality Psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Corr I Philip J. Corr Gerald Matthews The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology New York 2009 Corr II Philip J. Corr (Ed.) Personality and Individual Differences - Revisiting the classical studies Singapore, Washington DC, Melbourne 2018 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-26