Stimulation

  • Basic human value
  • Value

Name

Stimulation

Types

Basic human value
Value

Conflicting value

Security
Conformity
Tradition

Defining goal

Excitement
Novelty
Challenge in life

Intro

Stimulation values derive from the organismic need for variety and stimulation in order to maintain an optimal, positive, rather than threatening, level of activation (e.g., Berlyne, 1960). This need probably relates to the needs underlying self-direction values (cf. Deci, 1975). (a varied life, an exciting life, daring)

Motivation

Openness to change