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Ch. 5 Psych
Chapter 5 Vocabulary
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Psychology
12th Grade
09/22/2008

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Motivation
Definition
The drive to seek a goal, such as food, water or friends.
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Emotion
Definition
A state of the body causing feelings, such as of hope, fear, or love.
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Hypothalamus
Definition
part of the lower brain that controls such basic needs and
desires as pleasure, pain, fear, rage, huger, thirst, and sex.
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Amygdala
Definition
brain structure responsible for emotional responses of aggression
and fear.
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Reticular Formation
Definition
unit in the brain that registers and controls activity level,
increases excitement, and helps generate sleep.
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Pituitary Gland
Definition
Gland that controls other glands and hormones, as well as
producing its own hormone that regulates growth.
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Adrenal Glands
Definition
Glands that secrete adrenaline, which stirs up the body,
changing breathing, perspiration, heart rate, and so on.
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Gonads
Definition
the sex glands
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Testes
Definition
the male sex glands; they make sperm.
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Ovaries
Definition
the female sex glands; they make eggs.
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Androgens
Definition
male hormones; they control sexual interest in both males and
females.
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Estrogen
Definition
the hormone that controls the female reproductive cycle.
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Drives
Definition
forces that push an organism into action to reach a goal.
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Goal
Definition
the target of a set of behaviors
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Homeostasis
Definition
bodily process of maintaining a balanced internal state.
Term
Blood-Sugar Level
Definition
the amount of sugar contained in the blood, which
indicates the level of hunger.
Term
Glucose
Definition
another name for sugar in the blood.
Term
Set Point
Definition
the body-regulating mechanism that determines a person’s typical
weight.
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Curiosity Motive
Definition
a drive that moves a person to seek new and different things.
Term
Manipulation Motive
Definition
a drive that moves a person to handle and use objects in
the environment.
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Intrinsic Motivation
Definition
motivation that comes from within the individual.
Term
Extrinsic Motivation
Definition
motivation that comes from outside the individual.
Term
Contact Comfort
Definition
the satisfaction obtained from pleasant, soft physical
stimulation
Term
Hierarchy of Needs
Definition
– a system that ranks human needs one above the other,
with the most basic needs for physical survival at the bottom of the
pyramid; proposed by the psychologist Abraham Maslow.
Term
Physiological Needs
Definition
Needs at the bottom of Maslow’s hierarchy: hunger and
thirst.
Term
Safety Needs
Definition
needs at the second level of Maslow’s hierarchy: shelter, nest egg
of money.
Term
Belongingness Needs
Definition
needs at the third level of Maslow’s hierarchy:
friendship, closeness with another.
Term
Self-Esteem Needs
Definition
needs at the fourth level of Maslow’s hierarchy: liking and
respecting yourself, feeling important and useful.
Term
Self-Actualization Needs
Definition
needs at the top of Maslow’s hierarchy: establishing
meaningful goals and a purpose in life.
Term
Needs for Affiliation
Definition
Psychological need to belong to and identify with groups.
Term
Need for Approval
Definition
Psychological need to have other people think highly of
oneself.
Term
Need for Achievement
Definition
Psychological need for personal accomplishment.
Term
Opponent-Process Theory
Definition
theory that the presence of one emotion triggers its
opposite, which then emerges somewhat later.
Term
Cognition
Definition
higher-order thought processes, such as reasoning and problem
solving.
Term
Emotional Intelligence
Definition
the ability to properly feel, deal with, and recognize
emotions.
Term
James-Lange Theory
Definition
theory of emotion proposing that first the body responds
and then one feels the emotion.
Term
Cannon-Bard Theory
Definition
theory of emotion proposing that the bodily reaction and
the emotional response to an event occur at the same time.
Term
Cognitive Theory
Definition
theory of emotion proposed by Stanley Schachter; it hold
that people label a bodily response by giving it the name of the emotion
they think and feel.
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