Educational Psychology / Unit 7 EDP 0609 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Drive Theory
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The idea
Drive theory holds that deviations from homeostasis, the body's balanced state, create needs; needs produce drive states, and behavior that reduces the drive is repeated until it becomes habit.
In practice
Thirst builds, a student drinks water, and the drive falls.
Where people slip
In drive theory, extrinsic reinforcers such as grades act as incentives for behavior.
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