Core term · Clark L. Hull

Drive Reduction

Behavior is motivated by internal drives and reinforced when those drives are reduced.

Areas of life
Habitshealthstressmotivation

Why it matters

Explains why needs and tension push learning and action.

How to handle it

Find the need the behavior relieves and create healthier ways to reduce it.

Who shaped this idea

The thinker behind it

From concept to practice

Turn Drive Reduction into a question you can answer.

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