The relation between drive state and general level of activity has been a frequent topic of investigation in psychology since Richter's first systematic experiments on the activity of the rat in 1922. Most of the studies in this area, designed to support the notion of an "energizing" function of drive, have reported a regular increase in activity with moderate food deprivation (Siegel and Steinberg, 1949;Finger, 1951; Dashiell, 1925, as cited in Alderstein and Fehrer, 1955). In recent years this relation has come to be taken so for granted that some current textbooks have used it as the basis for defining the term "drive", viz., " ... a theoretical conception" associated with " ... a condition in which the animal is impelled to persistent activity until equilibrium is restored" (Hebb, 1958, p.l55), and "A term implying impetus to behavior" (Morgan, 1956, p.629). [...]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.116531 |
| Date | January 1962 |
| Creators | Cejka, Jeanne A. |
| Contributors | Stern, M. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science. (Department of Psychology.) |
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