The Power of Motivation: Crash Course Psychology #17

submitted by Adam Hiltner on 06/16/14 1

You can directly support Crash Course at www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything we're doing. Also, if you can afford to pay a little every month, it really helps us to continue producing great content. Feeling motivated? Even if you are, do you know why? The story of Aaron Ralston can tell us a lot about motivation. In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank tells us Ralston's story, as well as 4 theories of motivation and some evolutionary perspectives on motivation. -- Table of Contents Four Theories of Motivation: Evolutionary Perspective 1:38:22 Drive-Reduction 2:45:10 Optimal Arousal 3:38:21 Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs 4:49:04 How Sex, Hunger, and the Need to Belong Motivate us 5:29:02 -- Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashCourse Twitter - www.twitter.com/TheCrashCourse Tumblr - thecrashcourse.tumblr.com Support CrashCourse on Subbable: subbable.com/crashcourse

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