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| a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior |
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| a complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is unlearned |
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finding food to eat when hungry
protecting young
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| examples of human instinct |
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| as directed, both by physiological needs and by psychological wants |
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| how to most psychologists view human behavior? |
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| the idea that a physiological need creates an aroused tension state that motivates an organism to satisfy the need |
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| the maintenance of a steady internal state |
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| positive or negative environment stimuli that motivate behavior. |
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| difficult or challenging tasks cause arousal to be lower, and easy tasks cause arousal to be higher |
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| external stimuli "push" people to positive incentives and "pull" people away from negative incentives |
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| begins at the base with physiological needs that must first be satisfied before higher level safety needs become active |
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| Intentionally swallowing a balloon to prove that the stomach has contractions when it's hungry |
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| the form of sugar that circulates in the blood and provides the major source of energy for body tissues |
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| When its levels are low, we feel hunger |
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| how does glucose influence hunger motivation? |
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| Activity brings on hunger. If destroyed there is no interest in food. |
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| Ventromedial hypothalamus |
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| it depresses hunger; if destroyed animals will become fat; when stimulated animals will stop eating |
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| controls blood glucose; secreted by pancreas |
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| causes brain to increase metabolism and decrease hunger; secreted by fat cells |
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| hunger triggering; secreted by hypothalamus |
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| hunger arousing; secreted by empty stomach |
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| suppresses hunger; secreted by stomach |
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| "I'm not hungry"; secreted by digestive tract |
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| the point at which an individual's "weight thermostat" is supposedly set. When the body falls below this weight, an increase in hunger and a lowered metabolic rate may act to restore lost weight. |
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| the body's resting rate of energy expenditure |
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| Carbs help boost levels of seratonin, which has calming effects |
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| why, when depressed, do many people crave starchy, carbohydrate-laden foods? |
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| disliking things that are unfamiliar to you |
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| the presence of others tends to amplify our natural behavior tendencies |
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| when the suggested portion size influences our choice as to how much we consume |
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| when a person diets and becomes significantly underweight, yet still feeling fat, continues to starve themselves |
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| overeating followed by vomiting, laxative use, fasting, or excessive exercise |
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| binging followed by guilt; no purging involved |
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| they are the immediate determinants of body fat, based on their size and quantity. Once the number of fat cells increases, it never decreases |
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| what is the role of fat cells in obesity? |
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| the levels of leptin fall and ghrelin rise |
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| how does sleep loss affect weight gain? |
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| when a friend becomes obese, the person is more likely to |
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| how does social influence affect weight gain? |
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| sugary soft drinks; more tv shows that inhibit activity |
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| how do changing food consumption and activity levels affect weight gain? |
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| the four stages of sexual responding described by Maters and Johnson-excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution |
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| a resting period after orgasm, during which a man cannot achieve another orgasm |
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| an enduring sexual attraction toward members of either one's own sex or the other sex |
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| during or shortly after puberty |
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| when do most homosexual people report becoming aware of the same-sex attraction |
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| neither willfully chosen or willfully changed |
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| most of today's psychologists view sexual orientation as: |
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| one cell cluster was larger in heterosexual men than in women and homosexual men |
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| what did researcher Simon LeVay find as he studied sections of the hypothalamus? |
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| Identical twins are somewhat more likely than fraternal to share a homosexual orientation |
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| what are the twin study findings in regards to genetic influences? |
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| shown by people who are driven to master a task or achieve a personal goal |
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| occurs when people try to outdo, or beat, other people |
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| level of confidence one has when facing the challenges and demands of a situation |
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| approach-approach conflict |
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| when you must choose between two desirable outcomes |
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| avoidance-avoidance conflict |
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| when you must choose between two unattractive outcomes |
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| approach-avoidance conflict |
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| exists when ONE event or goal has both attractive and unattractive features |
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| multiple approach-avoidance conflicts |
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| choosing between two or more things, each of which has both desirable and undesirable features |
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