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| Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs |
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| the body's tendency to maintain an equilibrium, or steady state |
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| an aroused state that occurs because of a physiological need |
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| a deprivation that energizes the drive to eliminated or reduce the deprivation |
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| gives behavior, thoughts, and feelings a purpose and makes behavior energized, directed, and sustained |
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| What is the cognitive approach to motivation? |
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| Humans are rational and aware of their motivation |
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| a motivation based on internal factors, such as self-determination, curiosity, challenge and effort |
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| a motivation that involves external incentives, such as rewards and punishments |
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| The law that states that performance is best under conditions of moderate arousal |
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| The minimum amount of energy used by an individual in a resting state |
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| people are motivated to discover the underlying causes of behavior in order to understand behavior |
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| the brain structure involved in negative emotions |
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| 3 chemicals involved in hunger |
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| 1) glucose-blood sugar 2) insulin-hormone, causes excess to be stored as fat 3) leptin-a protein involved in satiety |
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| What is the lateral hypothalamus responsible for? |
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| -stimulating eating -increased appetite |
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| What is the ventromedial hypothalamus responsible for? |
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| -reducing hunger -restricting appetite |
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| What are 3 biological factors that contribute to obesity? |
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| 1)heredity 2)chemical substances (inbalance) 3)brain processes (cognition, decisions) |
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| Name 4 cognitive and social factors that contribute to obesity |
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| 1)time 2)place 3)environment 4)opportunity/encouragement |
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| What are the 4 phases that make up the human sexual response pattern? |
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| 1)excitement phase 2)plateau 3)orgasm 4)resolution |
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| Who was responsible for the Human Sexual Response Pattern? |
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| stereotyped patterns of expectancies for how people should behave sexually |
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| Psychosexual dysfunctions |
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| disorders that involve impairments in the sexual response pattern, either in the desire for gratification or in the ability to acheive it |
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| Who was responsible for the Sex in America survey? |
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| What is Zillbergeld known for? |
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| He is a sexuality expert known for debunking sexual myths |
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| What are 4 influential factors involved in sexual orientation? |
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| 1)genetic 2)hormonal 3)cognitive 4)environmental |
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| What is the need for achievement? |
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| the desire to accomplish something, to reach a standard of excellence, and to expend effort to excel |
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| What is the Attribution Theory? |
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| It states that individuals are motivated to discover the causes of behavior in an effort to make sense of it |
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| What is McClelland known for? |
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| feeling, or affect, that can involve physiological arousal, conscious experience, and behavioral expression |
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| What is the Autonomic Nervous System responsible for? |
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Taking messages to and from the body's internal organs, monitoring such processes such as breathing and digestion.
Is divided into 2 other systems, the sympathetic and parasympathetic |
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| What is the SNS responsible for? |
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| Involved in the body's arousal |
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| What is the PNS responsible for? |
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| calming the body from the affects of the SNS |
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| What side of your brain is responsible for positive (happy) emotions? Negative? |
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| left-happy right-sad, disgust |
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| What is the 2 factor theory of emotion and who is responsible for it? |
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| States that emotion is determined by physiological arousal and cognitive labeling; developed by Stanley and Singer |
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| Who developed the facial feedback hypothesis and what does it state? |
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| Ekman developed the idea that facial expressions can influence emotions as well as reflect them |
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| sociocultural standards that determine when, where, and how emotions should be expressed |
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