In a previous post, we talked about the different approaches to explain motivation in psychology. In this post, we are going to explore the drive reduction approach of motivation a bit further.
The Drive-Reduction Theory was developed by behaviorist Clark Hull as a way of accounting for learning, motivation and behavior. Based on ideas proposed by other great theorists such as Pavlov, Watson, Darwin and Thorndike, and expanded by collaborator and neo-behaviorist Kenneth Spence, this theory is largely...