The Instinct Theory of Motivation suggests that all organisms are evolutionarily "programmed" in ways that help them survive. They're born with traits that cause them to behave in certain way naturally. These "natural behaviors" are referred to as instincts, and these instincts are what drive all behaviors.| The Psychology Notes Headquarters
In our last post, we talked about the James-Lange Theory of Emotion. That was just one of the theories of emotion. This week, we’re going to discuss another theory of emotion – the Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion. Background of the Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion In the early 1900’s, Walter Bradford Cannon (1871 – 1945), a physiologist at Harvard University, was...| The Psychology Notes Headquarters