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    The document discusses different theories around the concept of instinct. It describes how instinct was originally defined broadly as any repeated behavior, but the definition has been refined over time. Freudian psychoanalysts viewed instinct as a human motivational force or "drive". The Instinct Theory of Motivation claims that biological programming is the root cause of all human motivation and behavior, with the core instinct being survival. However, critics argue that not all supposed instincts are universal, and that humans can exhibit varying levels of motivation.

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    What is Instinct?

    cause  of  motivation.  This  claim  means 


    that  all  humans  have  the  same 
    motivations  due  to  our  similar  biological 
    Coined  by  Wilhem  Wundt  in  the  1870s, 
    programming.  This  theory  says  that  the 
    “instinct"  is  a  term  that  was  used  to  refer 
    root  of  all  motivations  is the motivation to 
    to  any  repeated  behaviour.  This  definition 
    survive.  From our motivation to survive, all 
    led  a  research  to  list  about 4,000 instincts 
    other  motivations  emerge.  And,  as  we  act 
    of  humans.  As  years  passed  by,  the 
    or  behave  with  this  kind  of  motivation,  all 
    concept  of  instinct  had  been  refined. 
    our  actions  are  therefore  considered  as 
    Freudian  psychoanalysts  use  the  word 
    instincts. 
    instinct  as  a  human  motivational  force,  or 
    A  common  example  used  to  explain  the 
    what  we  now  call  human  “drives". 
    Instinct  Theory  is  that  a  human  mother 
    Psychoanalysts  have  identified  two  kinds 
    will  attempt  to  provide  comfort  to  a  baby 
    of  basic  instinct:  “eros"  or  life  instinct, and 
    who  has  been  crying  all night and will not 
    “thanatos" or death instinct. 
    sleep  until  she  sees  that  the  baby  is  calm 
    In  contrast  to  the  Freudian  concept  of 
    and  asleep.  According  to  Instinct  theory, 
    instinct,  well-known  behaviourist 
    human  mothers  behave  in  this  way 
    Abraham  Maslow  claimed  that  instinct  is 
    because  they  were  biologically 
    something  that  a  human  cannot override. 
    programmed  to  do  so;  it  is  a  mother’s 
    He  argued  that  instinct  does  not  exist 
    instinct  to  provide  comfort  to  her  child. 
    anymore  because  we  have  already 
    Proponents  of  this  theory  argue  that  this 
    overridden our instincts. 
    is  not  because  of conditioning or learning, 
    the  following  are  the  characteristics  of  a 
    the  mother  having  weak  or  strong female 
    behaviour  that  is  motivated  through  an 
    role  models,  being  raised  in  a  rich  family 
    instinct: 
    or  a  poor  one  –  it  is  all  because  of  their 
    1. automatic 
    instinct  –  that  is,  they  cannot  override  the 
    2. irresistible 
    motivation to take care of their children. 
    3. happens  at  some  point  in  one’s 
    Problems With Instinct Theory 
    development 
    One  of  the  problems  with  this  theory  of 
    4. triggered  by  an  environmental 
    motivation  is  that  many  identified 
    occurrence 
    instincts  are  not  universal.  For  instance, 
    5. happens  in  each  member  of  the 
    there  are  mothers  who  do  not  exhibit  the 
    species 
    supposed  instinctual  behaviour  to  take 
    6. unmodifiable 
    good  care  of  their  children.  Another  issue 
    7. does not require training 
    is  that  humans  may  exhibit  different 
    ● On  the  other  hand,  William 
    levels  of  motivation  because  of  instinct, 
    McDougal  proposed  his  own 
    such as jealousy and aggression. 
    understanding  of  what  an  instinct 
    is.  He  stated  that  an  instinct  must 
    be: 
    1. unlearned 
    2. uniform in expression 
    3. universal in a species 
    What is Instinct Theory? 
    The  Instinct  Theory  of  Motivation  views 
    biological  or  genetic  programming  as  the 

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