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NSU Psych 101
NSU Chapter 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| motivation | the force that moves people to behave, think and feel the way they do |
| instinct | an innate, biological pattern of behavior that is assumed to be universal throughout a species |
| drive | an aroused state that occurs becuase of a physiological need |
| need | a deprivation that energizes the drive to eliminate or reduce the deprivation |
| Homeostasis | the body's tendency to maintain an equilibrium or steady state |
| Yerkes-Dodson law | Principle stating that performance is best under conditions of moderate arousal rather than low or high arousal |
| set point | the weight maintained when no effort is made to gain or lose weight |
| anorexia nervosa | an eating disorder that involves the relentless pursuit of thinness through starvation |
| bulimia nervosa | an eating disorder in which the individual consistently follows a binge and purge eating pattern |
| hierarchy of needs | Maslow's view that individuals' main needs are satistied in the following sequence: physiological, safety, love and belongingness, esteem and self-actualization |
| self actualization | the highest and most elusive of Maslow's needs; the motivation to develop one's full potential as a human being |
| intrinsic motivation | motivation that is based on internal factors such as organixmic nees, as well as curiosity, challenge and effort |
| extrinsic motivation | motivation that involves external incentives such as rewards and punishments |
| self regulation | the process by which an organism pursues important objectives, centrally involving getting feedback about how we are doing in our goal pursuits |
| James-Lange Theory | theory stating that emotion results from physiological states triggered by stimuli in the environment |
| Cannon-Bard Theory | theory stating that emotion and physiological reactions occur simultaneously |
| Two factor theory of emotion | Schacter and Singer's theory that emotion is determined by two main factors: physiological arousal and cognitive labeling |
| display rules | sociocultural standards that determine when, where and how emotions should be expressed |
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