The seminar addresses advanced topics in motivational theory with an emphasis on the experimental analysis of behavior.
SEMINAR TOPICS
Classic Motivation Theory (Bolles, 1975)
Introduction (chpt. 1)
Historical Origins of Motivation Concepts (chpt. 2)
Instincts (chpt. 4)
The Drive Concept (chpt. 5)
Hull’s System of Organismic Behavior (Bozarth)
Antecedent Conditions (chpt. 6)
Energizing Effects (chpt. 7)
Associative Aspects of Motivated Behavior (chpt. 8)
Motivation and Learning (chpt. 9)
Experimental Foundation of Incentive Motivation Theory (Bozarth)
Avoidance (chpt. 10)
Punishment and Frustration (chpt. 11)
Conditions of Reinforcement (chpt. 12)
Secondary Reinforcement (chpt. 13)
Incentive Motivation Theory
Pfaffman (1960). The pleasures of sensation.
Young (1959). The role of affective processes in learning and motivation.
Bolles (1972). Reinforcement, expectancy, and learning.
Bindra (1968). Neuropsychological interpretation of the effects of drive and incentive motivation on general activity and instrumental behavior.
Bindra (1969). The interrelated mechanisms of reinforcement and motivation, and the nature of their influence on response.
Bindra (1972). A unified account of classical conditioning and operant training.
Experimental Methods for Studying Brain Reward Systems
brain stimulation reward
intracranial self-administration
intravenous self-administration
conditioned place preference
behavioral activation and rotational behavior
Biological Basis of Reinforcement and Reward
Olds (1955). Physiological mechanisms of reward.
Trowill, Panksepp, & Gandelman (1969). An incentive model of rewarding brain stimulation.
Glickman & Schiff (1967). A biological theory of reinforcement.
Mogenson & Phillips (1976). Motivation: A psychological construct in search of a physiological substrate.
Wise & Bozarth (1987). A psychomotor stimulant theory of addiction.
Biological Modeling of Brain Reward Systems
Bozarth (1987). The ventral tegmental reward system.
Bozarth (1990). The ventral tegmental dopamine system as a model reward system.
Bozarth. Introduction to a formal system.
A Re-Examination of Central Issues in Motivational Theory
Drive reduction as a motivational objective
Behavioral homeostasis as a primary motivational variable
Brain reward systems: What should we be looking for?
Brain reward systems: What have we found?