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Chapter 8
Chapter 8 - Motivation and Emotion
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| androgen | Male sex hormones secreted by the testes |
| anorexia nervosa | A severe eating disorder in which people may refuse to eat, while denying that their behavior and appearance—which can become skeletonlike—are unusual |
| arousal approaches to motivation | The belief that we try to maintain a certain level of stimulation and activity, increasing or reducing them as necessary |
| arousal approaches to motivation | The belief that we try to maintain a certain level of stimulation and activity, increasing or reducing them as necessary |
| bisexuals | Persons who are sexually attracted to people of the same and the opposite sex |
| bulimia | A disorder in which a person binges on incredibly large quantities of food |
| Cannon-Bard theory of emotion | The belief that both physiological and emotional arousal are produced simultaneously by the same nerve stimulus |
| cognitive approaches of motivation | The theory suggesting that motivation is a product of people's |
| double standard | The view that premarital sex is permissible for males but not for females |
| drive-reduction approaches to motivation | A theory suggesting that when people lack some basic biological requirement such as water, a drive to obtain that requirement (in this case, the thirst drive) is produced |
| drive | Motivational tension, or arousal, that energizes behavior in order to fulfill some need |
| emotions | Feelings that generally have both physiological and cognitive elements and that influence behavior |
| estrogens | Class of female sex hormones |
| extramarital sex | Sexual activity between a married person and someone who is not his or her spouse |
| heterosexuality | Sexual attraction and behavior directed to the opposite sex |
| homeostasis | The body's tendency to maintain a steady internal state |
| homosexuals | Persons who are sexually attracted to members of their own sex |
| incentive approaches to motivation | The theory suggesting that motivation stems from the desire to obtain valued external goals, or incentives |
| James-Lange theory of emotion | The belief that emotional experience is a reaction to bodily events occurring as a result of an external situation ("I feel sad because I am crying") |
| masturbation | Sexual self-stimulation |
| metabolism | The rate at which food is converted to energy and expended by the body |
| motivation | The factors that direct and energize the behavior of humans and other organisms |
| need for affiliation | An interest in establishing and maintaining relationships with other people |
| need for power | A tendency to seek impact, control, or influence over others, andto be seen as a powerful individual |
| obesity | The state of being more than 20percent above the average weight for a person of a given height |
| ovulation | The point at which an egg is released from the ovaries |
| progesterone | Female sex hormone |
| Schachter-Singer theory of emotion | The belief that emotions are determined jointly by a nonspecific kind of physiological arousal and its interpretation, based on environmental cues |
| self-actualization | A state of self- fulfillment in which people realize their highest potential in their own unique way |
| weight set point | The particular level of weight that the body strives to maintain |
| need for achievement | A stable, learned characteristic in which satisfaction is obtained by striving for and attaining a level of excellence |
| instincts | Inborn patterns of behavior that are biologically determined rather than learned |
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