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| behavior is motivated by the desire to reduce internal tension caused by unmet biological needs |
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behavior is motivated by the pull of external goals, such as rewards
Motivation theories |
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behaviors are innate and due to evolutionary processes
Arousal theories |
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| 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 |
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| Physiological Needs > Safety Needs > Belongingness and Love Needs > Esteem Needs > Self ACtualization |
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| Refusal to maintain a healthy weight. Not eating. mainly affect young, white middle- to upper- income females |
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| Bingeing and purging. mainly affect young, white middle- to upper- income females |
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| Need for Achievement (nAch) |
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| Those with a higher nAch prefer working alone, internal locus for success, and highly driven |
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| 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
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| The hormone Ghrelin; growling stomach, etc |
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| Hunger: We eat due to external factors |
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| : time of day, others eating, associating food with event, senses, eating while full etc. |
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