Editing Feeling (section)

== Needs ==
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{{See also|Homeostatic emotion|Homeostasis}}
A need is something required to sustain a [[mental health|healthy]] life (e.g. [[air]], [[water]], [[food]]). A (need) deficiency causes a clear adverse outcome: a dysfunction or death. Abraham H. Maslow, pointed out that satisfying (i.e., gratification of) a need, is just as important as deprivation (i.e., motivation to satisfy), for it releases the focus of the satisfied need, to other [[Emergence|emergent]] needs.{{sfnp|Maslow|1970|p=38}}

=== Motivation ===
{{main article|Motivation}}
{{See also| Drive theory|Seeking system}}
Motivation is what explains why people or animals initiate, continue or terminate a certain behavior at a particular time. Motivational states are commonly understood as forces acting within the agent that create a disposition to engage in goal-directed behavior. It is often held that different [[mental states]] compete with each other and that only the strongest state determines behavior.{{sfnp|Wasserman|Wasserman|2020}}

=== Valence ===
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Valence tells [[organisms]] (e.g., humans) how well or how bad an organism is doing (in relation to the environment), for meeting the organism's needs.<ref name="Solms 2021"/>