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Hope, exploration, and equilibrated action schemes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 March 2019

Davood G. Gozli  and
Ci Jun Gao
Davood G. Gozli
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau S.A.R., China. gozli@umac.mosb61152@connect.umac.mohttp://www.umac.mo/fss/psychology/staff_Davood.html
Ci Jun Gao
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau S.A.R., China. gozli@umac.mosb61152@connect.umac.mohttp://www.umac.mo/fss/psychology/staff_Davood.html
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Abstract

The concepts want, hope, and exploration cannot be organized in relation to a single type of motive (e.g., motive for food). They require, in addition, the motive for acquiring and maintaining a stable scheme that enables reward-directed activity. Facing unpredictability, the animal has to seek not only reward, but also a new equilibrated state within which reward seeking is possible.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e41
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