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Motivation
a need or desire that energizes and directs
behavior.
Instinct
a complex behavior that is rigidly patterned
throughout a species and is unlearned
Drive-reduction theory
the idea that a physiological need creates an
aroused tension state (a drive) that motivates
an organism to satisfy the need.
Homeostasis
a tendency to maintain a balanced or
constant internal state; the regulation of any
aspect of body chemistry, such as blood
glucose, around particular level.
Incentive
a positive or negative environmental stimulus
that motivates behavior.
Hierarchy of needs
Maslow's pyramid of human needs, beginning
at the base with physiological needs that
must first be satisfied before higher-level
safety needs and then psychological needs
become active.
Arousal theory
we take action to reach an optimum level of
arousal- not too high, not too low.
Yerkes-Dodson law
we perform best with a moderate level of
stress or arousal. Perform poorly with too
little or too high arousal/stress.
Intrinsic motivation
a desire to perform a behavior effectively for
its own sake.
Extrinsic motivation
a desire to perform a behavior to receive
promised rewards or avoid threatened
punishment.
Glucose
the form of sugar that circulates in the blood
and provides the major source of energy for
body tissues. When its level is low, we feel
hunger.
Set point
the point at which an individual's "weight
thermostat" is supposedly set. When the
body falls below this weight, an increase in
hunger and a lowered metabolic rate may act
to restore the lost weight.
Basal metabolic rate
the body's resting rate of energy expenditure.
Anorexia nervosa
an eating disorder in which a person (usually
an adolescent female) diets and becomes
significantly (15% or more) underweight, yet,
still feeling fat, continues to starve.
Bulimia nervosa
an eating disorder characterized by episodes
of overeating, usually of high-calorie foods,
followed by vomiting, laxative use, fasting, or
excessive exercise.
Binge-eating disorder
significant binge-eating episodes, followed
by distress, disgust, or guilt, but without the
compensatory purging, fasting, or excessive
exercise that marks bulimia nervosa.
Sexual response cycle
the four stages of sexual responding
described by Masters and Johnsonexcitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution.
Refractory period
a resting period after orgasm, during which a
man cannot achieve another orgasm.
Sexual orientation
an enduring sexual attraction toward
members of either one's own (homosexual
orientation) or the other sex (heterosexual
orientation).
Emotion
a response of the whole organism, involving
(1) physiological arousal, (2) wxpressive
behaviors, and (3) conscious experience.
James-Lange theory
the theory that our experience of emotion is
our awareness of our physiological responses
to emotion-arousing stimuli.
Cannon-Bard theory
theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus
simultaneously triggers (1) physiological
responses and (2) the subjective experience
of emotions.
Two-factor theory
the Schachter-Singer theory that to
experience emotion one must (1) be
physically aroused and (2) cognitively label
the arousal.
Facial feedback
the effect of facial expressions on
experienced emotions, as when a facial
expression of anger or happiness intensifies
feelings of anger or happiness.
Catharsis
emotional release. The catharsis hypothesis
maintains that "releasing" aggressive energy
(through action of fantasy) relieves
aggressive urges.
Feel-good, do-good phenomenon
people's tendency to be helpful when
a;ready in a good mood.
Well-being
self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with
life. Used along with measures of objective
well-being (for example, physical and
economic indicators) to evaluate people's
quality of life.
Adaptation-level phenomenon
pur tendency to form judgments )of sounds,
of lights, of income) relative to a neutral level
defined by our prior experience.
Relative deprivation
the perception that we are worse off relative
to those with whom we compare ourselves.
Approach-approach conflict
when conflicted between two choices that
are equally attractive (as importance of
decision increases, difficulty making the
decision increases).
Avoidance-avoidance conflict
when conflicted between two choices that
are equally unattractive.
Approach-avoidance conflict
when conflicted about a choice, there are
both appealing and negative aspects to the
decision you must make.
Multiple-approach avoidance conflict
when conflicted about a choice, one has to
choose between both attractive and negative
aspects of the available alternatives (multiple
options).
Health psychology
a subfield of psychology that provides
psychology's contribution to behavioral
medicine.
Stress
the process by which we perceive and
respond to certain events, called stressors,
that we appraise as threatening or
challenging.
Stressor
the stimuli causing the stress.
Acute stress
psychological and physical response to a
traumatic or terrifying event.
Chronic stress
response to stress over long periods of time.
Causes a lot of damage.
General adaptation syndrome (GAS)
Selye's concept of the body's adaptive
response to stress in three phases-alarm,
resistance, exhaustion.
Learned helplessness
the hopelessness and passive resignation an
animal or human learns when unable to avoid
repeated aversive events.
Type A
Friedman and Rosenman's term for
competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally
aggressive, and anger-prone people.
Type B
Friedman and Rosenman's term for
easygoing, relaxed people.
Psychophysiological illness
literally, "mind-body" illness, any stressrelated physical illness, such as hypertension
and some headaches.
Need for achievement (n Ach)
refers to an individual's desire for significant
accomplishment, mastering of skills, control,
or high standards.
Flow
a completely involved, focused state of
consciousness, with diminished awareness of
self and time, resulting from optimal
engagement of one's skills.
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