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| An eating disorder characterized by an overwhelming, irrational fear of gaining we ight or becoming fat, compulsive dieting to the point of self-starvation, and excessive weight loss |
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| A state of alertness and mental and physical activation |
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A theory of motivation suggesting that people are motivated to maintain an optimal level of alertness and physical and mental activation |
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Emotions that are unlearned and universal, that are reflected in the same facial expressions across the cultures, and that emerge in children according to their biological timetable of development; fear, anger, disgust, surprise, happiness, and sadness are usually considered basic emotions |
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| A measure of weight relative to height |
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| An eating disorder characterized by repeated and uncontrolled (and often secretive) episodes of binge eating |
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| Cannon-Bard theory emotion |
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| The theory that an emotion provoking stimulus is transmitted simultaneously to the cerebral cortex, providing the conscious mental experience of the emotion, and to the sympathetic nervous system, causing the physiological arousal |
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| According to Sternberg’s theory, the most complete form of love, consisting of all three components- intimacy, passion, and commitment |
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| Cultural rules that dictate how emotions should generally be expressed and when and where their expression is appropriate |
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| An internal state of tension or arousal that is brought about by an underlying need and that an organism is motivated to reduce |
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| A theory of motivation suggesting that biological needs create internal states of tension or arousal called drives, which organism are motivated to reduce |
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An identifiable feeling state involving physiological arousal, a cognitive appraisal of the situation or stimulus causing that internal body state, and an outward behavior expressing the state |
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| The desire to behave in a certain way in order to gain some external reward or to avoid some undesirable consequence |
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| Facial-feedback hypothesis |
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The idea that the muscular movements involved in certain facial expressions produce the corresponding emotions (for example, smiling makes one feel happy) |
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| Cells (also called adipose cells) that serve as storehouses for liquefied fat in the body; their number is determined by both genes and eating habits, and they decrease in size but not in number with weight loss |
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The view that achievement motivation depends on which of four goals orientations (mastery-approach , mastery-avoidance, performance-approach, performance-avoidance) an individual adopts |
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| The natural tendency of the body to maintain a balanced internal state in order to ensure physical surviva |
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| Industrial/ organizational psychology |
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| Psychologist who apply psychological principles and research result in the workplace and are especially interested in work motivation and job performance |
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The desire to behave in a certain way because it is enjoyable or satisfying in and of itself |
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| James-Lange theory of Emotion |
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The theory that emotional feelings result when an individual becomes aware if a physiological response to an emotion-provoking stimulus ( for example, feeling fear because of trembling) |
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| The part of the hypothalamus that acts as a feeding center to incite eating |
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| Lazarus theory of emotion |
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| The theory that a cognitive appraisal is the first step in an emotional response and all other aspects of an emotion including physiological arousal, depend on it |
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rate at which the body burns calories to produce energy |
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| Needs or desires that energize and direct behavior toward a goal |
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the need to accomplish something difficult an to perform at high standard of excellence |
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| Body mass index more than 30 |
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| A state of tension or arousal that arises from a biological need and is unlearned |
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| A device designed to detect the changes in heart rate, blood pressure, respiration rate and skin conductance response that typically accompany arousal |
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| Schachter-Singer Theory of Emotion |
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A two-factor theory stating that for an emotion to occur, there must be 1)physiological arousal and (2)a cognitive interpretation or explanation of the arousal, allowing it to be labeled as a specific emotion |
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| The weight the body normally maintains when one is trying neither to gain nor lose weight |
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| Motives (such as the needs for affiliation and achievement) that are acquired through experience and interaction with others |
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| Motivates that cause humans and other animals to increase stimulation when the level of arousal is too low (examples are curiosity and the motive to explore) |
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| triangular theory of Love |
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| Sternberg’s theory that three components –intimacy, passion, and commitment – singly and in various combinations, produce seven different kinds of love |
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| Ventromedial Hypothalamus |
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The part of the hypothalamus that acts as a satiety (fullness) center to inhibit eating |
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| The conditions and processes responsible for the arousal, direction, magnitude, and maintenance of effort of workers on the job |
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The principle that performance on tasks is best when the arousal level is appropriate to the difficulty of the task: higher arousal for simple tasks, moderate arousal for tasks of moderate difficulty, and lower arousal for complex tasks. |
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| All the process that initiate, direct, behavior towards a goal |
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An external stimulus that motivates behavior (for example, money or fame) |
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