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AFFECTIVE AROUSAL THEORY [1 record]

Record 1 2000-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
DEF

a theory that defines motive as the arousal of pleasure and pain, and that attempts to give an objective definition of these states.

Key term(s)
  • affective-arousal theory

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)

Spanish

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