AP PSYCHOLOGY
VACATION WORK PACKET
UNIT 8A: MOTIVATION
You need to complete the following checklist of work by class on January 3, 2013:
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Preread the APA Content Standards to anticipate the content of this unit.
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Read and take notes on Unit 8A, pp. 327-365.
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Complete the vocabulary chart where you provide definitions and an example for each term.
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Complete the Multiple Choice Questions at the back of the Unit, on pages 364- 365. Good practice.
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Complete the FRQ in bullet point form only. Aim to earn the 8 points that can be awarded.
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Complete Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs triangle and answer the questions with it.
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Revisit the APA Standards once you have completed the tasks above and add CCQs to each standard
to help you identify what you have learned and where you still need clarification.
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Find some time to relax and enjoy the vacation!
Unit 8A: MOTIVATION
This whole packet is due on Tuesday, January 3, 2013.
APA Content Standard: Motivation
After concluding this unit, students understand:
1. Perspectives on motivation
2. Domains of motivated behavior in humans and non-human animals
Content Standard 1: Perspectives on motivation
1.1 Explain biologically based theories of motivation.
1.2 Explain cognitively based theories of motivation.
1.3 Explain humanistic theories of motivation.
1.4 Explain the role of culture in human motivation.
Content Standard 2: Domains of motivated behavior in humans and non-human animals
2.1 Discuss eating behavior.
2.2 Discuss sexual behavior and orientation.
2.3 Discuss achievement motivation.
2.4 Discuss other ways in which humans and non-human animals are motivated.
KEY TERMS
DEFININTION
MOTIVATION
INSTINCT
DRIVE-REDUCTION THEORY
HOMEOSTASIS
INCENTIVE
HEIRARCHY OF NEEDS
GLUCOSE
SET POINT
VASAL METABOLIC RATE
ANOREXIA NERVOSA
BULIMIA NERVOSA
BINGE-EATING DISORDER
SEXUAL RESPONSE CYCLE
REFRACTORY PERIOD
ESTROGENS
TESTOSTERONE
SEXUAL ORIENTATION
EXAMPLE
Complete the Multiple Choice Questions at the end of Unit 8A on Myers’ pages 364-365.
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Free-Response Question
Explain four challenges faced by those attempting to lose weight. What are four steps one can take to avoid
obesity?
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4 Steps to avoid obesity:
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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
1. Elaborate on the types of needs in each of Maslow’s levels below.
2. How could Maslow’s hierarchy be applied to a classroom or school to help students?
3. How do advertisers use these needs to get consumers to buy their product?
AFTER YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE PACKET, GO BACK TO THE STANDARDS ON THE FRONT PAGE,
AND WRITE COMMENTS, CONNECTIONS, QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT EACH STANDARD.