Michael Sylvester wrote:
> Am I correct in assuming that homeostasis, as used in motivational theory,
> pertains only to the return of biologival equilibrium after the
> satisfaction of the primary biological drives?
No. Solomon & Corbit's opponent-process theory is probably the best-known
example of an extension a homeostatic model beyond "biological" needs.
(Although I'm not sure how "psychological" needs are not ultimately
biological, I doubt that they are what Cannon had in mind.)
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