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Exam 3 Review
Chapter 8
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
12/10/2008

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Drive Theories
Definition
behavior is motivated by the desire to reduce internal tension caused by unmet biological needs
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Incentive Theories
Definition
behavior is motivated by the pull of external goals, such as rewards
Motivation theories
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Instinct Theories
Definition
behaviors are innate and due to evolutionary processes
Arousal theories
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Motivation
Definition
The factors that cause us to act in a specific way at a specific time; the process of starting, maintaining, and directing behavior toward a certain goal
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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Definition
Physiological Needs > Safety Needs > Belongingness and Love Needs > Esteem Needs > Self ACtualization
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Anorexia Nervosa
Definition
Refusal to maintain a healthy weight. Not eating. mainly affect young, white middle- to upper- income females
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Bulimia Nervosa
Definition
Bingeing and purging. mainly affect young, white middle- to upper- income females
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Need for Achievement (nAch)
Definition
Those with a higher nAch prefer working alone, internal locus for success, and highly driven
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Yerkes-Dodson law
Definition
low excitement = low quality of performance, but there is an optimal level of excitement at which the quality of performance is best.
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Hunger: We eat due to
internal factors
Definition
The hormone Ghrelin; growling stomach, etc
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Hunger: We eat due to external factors
Definition
: time of day, others eating, associating food with event, senses, eating while full etc.
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