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| A group of factors that drive behaviors (hunger, sex, achievement) |
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| Drive Reduction Explanation |
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| The notion that we are motivated to satisfy drives and thereby reduce tension (we seek a tension free existence) |
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| A relatively stable state or level. Often an equilibrium between two extremes. |
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| The notion that we are motivated to behave in ways that will maintain an optimal level of arousal. |
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| The notion that we are motivated by a desire to achieve pleasure or attain goals. |
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| A psychologist who suggested that motives (needs) could be organized by hierarchy. |
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| A way of organizing needs from psychological, which must be satisfied first, through self-fulfillment,which can be satisfied when other needs are met. |
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| the process by which the cells in the body produce and use energy |
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| The source of energy that cells use in metabolism. |
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| A measure of energy; specifically, the amount of energy required to increase on gram of water by one degree centigrade. |
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| Cells that are used to store glucose |
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| A substance that is released when fat cells are full and which signals the brain to reduce appetite. (leptin means thin) |
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| The notion that there is a genetically determined size of the fat cells which determines appetite and weight. |
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| A body mass index score of 30 or above (only a rough index) |
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| An anti-obesity drug that works primarily because it stimulates metabolism. |
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| A neurotransmitter, low levels of which can increase appetite. |
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| An anti-obesity drug that works primarily because it increases levels of serotonin |
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| The feeling of being full or satisfied after eating which leads individuals to stop eating. |
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| A slang term for the combination of the anti-obesity drugs phentermine and fenfluramine. |
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| An eating disorder in which the major symptom is a refusal to maintain body weight at an appropriate level so it drops to at least 15% below the normal weight for the individual. |
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| An eating disorder in which the major symptoms are binges in which the individual consumes huge amounts of food in a short period and purges such as self-induced vomiting or misuse of laxatives to eliminate the excessive food that was consumed in the binge. |
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| A structure in the brain that is stimulated by sex-related stimuli and which then secretes the releasing hormone which begins the sexual response. |
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| (LHRH) A hormone that is secreted by the hypothalamus when it receives sex-related stimulation. The hormone then stimulates the pituitary gland to release gonadotropins. |
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| A gland in the brain (just in front of the hypothalamus) which when stimulated by the releasing hormone secretes gonadotropins. |
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| Substances released by the pituitary gland which then stimulate the gonads to release their hormones and result in the sexual response. |
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| The male hormone that is released primarily by the testes when they are stimulated by the gonadotropins. |
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| The female hormone that is released primarily by the ovaries when they are stimulated by the gonadotropins. |
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| A small structure located just about the vaginal opening. It is analogous to the male's penis and swells during sexual arousal. |
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| Sexual disorders that involve the absence or failure of the sexual response (desire, arousal, and orgasm disorders) |
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| A sexual disorder in which the individual lacks sexual desire. |
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| A sexual disorder in which the individual is unable to achieve or maintain an adequate level of sexual arousal. |
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| A sexual disorder in which the individual does not achieve orgasm (usually females) or reaches orgasm too soon (usually males) |
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| Reaching orgasm too soon (primarily men) |
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| A treatment for premature orgasm in men. |
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| Sexual disorders that involve deviant means of achieving sexual arousal (exhibitionism, fetishism, transvestic fetishism, frotterurism, pedophilia, sexual masochism, sexual sadism, voyeurism) |
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| Achieving sexual arousal by suffocation, often by hanging oneself. |
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| A treatment for paraphilias in which a deviant sexual response is replaced with an aversive response (anxiety) |
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| A drug used to treat paraphilias by inhibiting the release of the hormones that lead to sexual arousal. |
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| Laws that permit an individual to be confined in prison for an endeterminate length of time if it is believed that the individual will commit another sexual crime. |
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| A sexual disorder in which the individual feels more like a member of the opposite sex and is uncomfortable with his or her own sex. |
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| Surgical procedures used to construct a penis or vagina so that an individual's physical sex matches their gender identity. |
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| the need to overcome the obstacles, master things, and do things well. |
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| An alternate explanation for the need for achievement. |
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| Resultant achievement motivation |
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| The sum of achievement motivation and fear of failure. |
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| The notion that some individuals do not work to achieve because the are concerned that success will have negative consequences, such as loss of friends. |
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| The combination of thoughts and feelings |
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| A structure in the limbic system that increases arousal related to emotions, particularly fear, rage, and aggression. |
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| The thin layer of neurons (cortex) that covers the frontal lobes of the brain. Important for the integration of emotions and behaviors. |
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| Increases physiological responses such as heart rate and respiration. Responses are not under voluntary control. |
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| The branch of the nervous system that is responsible for automatic activities, such as increased and decreases in arousal. The sympathetic branch of this system is responsible for increasing arousal. |
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| A lie detection procedure in which individuals are asked multiple-choice questions to which only guilty persons would know the answers. |
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| The ability to be aware of and experience the emotion of another individual. |
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| A component of love that involves emotional closeness. |
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| A component of love that involves romantic and sexual arousal. |
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| A component of love that involves the decision that an individual loves another person and the commitment to maintain the relationship. |
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| A mistake in labeling physiological arousal. An explanation for passion. |
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| An explanation for "love at first sight." |
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| The emotion that occurs when a problem taxes us beyond our normal limits. |
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| Something that leads to the stress response. |
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| Cognitive strategies such as denial and displacement that are used to reduce the symptoms of stress. |
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| A defense mechanism in which the individual redefines the stressor so as to make it less stressful. |
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| A defense mechanism in which the individual expresses an emotion toward an individual or object other than the individual or object that generated the emotion. |
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| A defense mechanism in which the individual intentionally does not think about a stressor. |
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| A defense mechanism in which an individual supposedly sends the memory of a stressor to the unconscious. |
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| Prolonged exercise, such as running for at least 20 minutes, that increases heart rate. |
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| A procedure in which individuals are given immediate feedback about changes in a physiological response such as muscle tension so they can learn to control the response. |
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| A hormone released during stress that can increase energy (blood sugar) but also interfere with memory and prolong the stress response. |
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| A structure in the brain responsible for memory and to some extent reducing the stress response, Its effects can be interfered with by cortisol. |
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| The notion that our minds (what we think and feel) operate independently of our bodies. Generally rejected today. |
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| Physical disorders that are due to psychological causes. |
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| Heart, blood vessels, and lungs. Used to transport blood to cells. |
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| The build up of cholesterol in the arteries so blood flow is reduced. |
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| The technical term for the buildup of fats and cholesterol in arteries. |
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| Death of Heart muscles (heart attack). |
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| Death of neurons in the brain (stroke). |
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| A behavior pattern characterized by competitiveness, time urgency, and hostility. |
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| The level of pressure that occurs after each heart beat. |
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| The level of pressure that occurs after blood has been distributed throughout the system and before the next heart beat. |
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| Sensors in the arteries that monitor blood pressure and which can be reset if pressure is consistently high, thereby leading to hypertension. |
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| High blood pressure, usually systolic pressure over 140 mm Hg or diastolic pressure over 90 mm Hg. |
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| A brief burst of exercise, such as lifting a heavy weight. |
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| Disease-causing agents. Commonly called germs. |
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| Cells that identify and destroy antigens. Commonly called white blood cells. |
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| The system that governs the production of leukocytes. |
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| Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. |
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| The degree to which you can produce leukocytes and therefore are able to fight infection. |
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| A specialty in which psychologists study relationships between behavior and health, develop programs to enhance health, and develop treatment programs to change illness-related behaviors. |
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| Fundamental attribution error |
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| The tendency to use personality factors rather than situational factors to explain the behavior of others. |
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| the tendency to use situational factors to explain your behavior and use personality factors to explain the behavior of others. |
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| the tendency to use situational factors to explain your poor behavior as a means of preserving your self-esteem. |
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| the tendency in some cultures in which modesty is valued to explain your successes in terms of situational factors. |
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| An assumption or theory used to organize information and fill in unknown information about people. |
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| The fact that an individual's expectations about how another person will behave will influence how the individual behaves toward that person, which in turn influences how the person behaves. |
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| A prejudgment about another person based on a schema. |
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| Reward-attraction explanation |
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| The notion that we are attracted to other people because the provide us with rewards. |
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| The finding that simply seeing another person frequently will increase attraction to that person. |
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| The fact that an individual will be rated as more attractive of he or she is with other attractive people. |
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| the tendency to perceive attractive people as more intelligent, poised, exciting, independent and better adjusted. |
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| Social exchange explanation |
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| The notion that we help others because we think that the reward for helping will be greater that the cost of the helping to us. |
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| Negative relief state explanation |
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| The notion that we help others to reduce our own negative emotional state that resulted from seeing the other persons in pain or anguish. |
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| The characteristic that leads people to help others without regard to self-benefit and strictly out of goodness. |
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| The fact that people are less likely to help another person if other individuals are present who could help. |
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| Diffusion of responsibility |
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| An explanation for the bystander effect which suggests that we are less likely to help when others are present because we share responsibility with the others and therefore feel less responsible. |
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| A positive or negative evaluation of some object or idea. |
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| The strategy for changing attitudes that relies on information for changing the attitudes. |
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| The strategy for changing attitudes that relies on emotions for changing attitudes. |
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| The state discomfort that occurs when there is a conflict between a person's attitudes and behavior. |
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| Changing our views and/or behaviors so that they are consistent with those of the people around us. |
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| Conformity that stems from the information that others provide about what to do in a situation. |
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| Conformity that results from an attempt to fit in with those around you even if you prefer other behaviors. |
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| Behaving in a way that is consistent with a specific request from another person. |
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| Door-in-the-face approach |
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| A strategy for increasing compliance in which an individual first makes an extreme request but then follows that with a more moderate request. |
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| Foot-in-the-door approach |
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| A strategy for increasing compliance in which an individual first gets a person to agree to a small request and then follows that request with a larger one. |
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| A strategy for increasing compliance in which an individual first gets a person to agree to a small request and then follows that request with a larger one. |
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| The following of a direct order from another person. |
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| Behavior that is designed to inflict harm or injury. |
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| A psychological explanation for aggression. |
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| The "male" hormone, high levels of which can lead to aggression. |
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| Drugs that contain high levels of testosterone and which can lead to aggression. (typically taken by large gorilla-like males named Corbin) |
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| A neurotransmitter that can inhibit aggression, and consequently low levels can lead to aggression. |
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