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Vocab XI
Motivation Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Motivation | A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior |
Instinct | A complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is unlearned |
Drive Reduction Theory | The idea that physiological need creates an aroused tension state that motivates an organism to satisfy the need |
Homeostasis | A tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state |
Incentive | A positive or negative environmental Stimulus that motivates behavior |
Hierarchy of Needs | Maslow’s pyramid of human needs, beginning at the base with physiological needs that must first be satisfied before higher level safety needs and then psychological needs become active |
Glucose | The form of sugar that circulates in the blood and provides the major source of energy or body tissues. When its level is low, we feel hunger |
Set Point | The point at which an individual’s weight thermostat is supposedly set. When the body falls below this weight, and increase in hunger and a lowered metabolic rate may act to restore the lost weight |
Basal Metabolic Rate | The body’s resting rate of energy expenditure |
Anorexia Nervosa | An eating disorder in which a normal weight person diets and becomes significantly underweight, yet still feeling fat, continues to starve |
Bulimia Nervosa | An eating disorder characterized by episodes of overeating, usually of high calorie foods, followed by vomiting, laxative use, fasting, or excessive exercise |
Sexual Response Cycle | The four stages of sexual responding |
Refractory Period | A resting period after orgasm, during which a man cannot achieve another orgasm |
Sexual Disorder | A problem that consistently impairs sexual arousal or functioning |
Estrogen | A sex hormone secreted in greater amounts by females than by males |
Sexual Orientation | An enduring sexual attraction toward members of either one’s own sex or the other sex |
Flow | A completely involved, focused state of consciousness, with diminished awareness of self and time, resulting from optimal engagement of one’s skills |
Industrial Organization Psychology | The application of psychological concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior in workplaces |
Personnel Psychology | A subfield of I/O psychology that focuses on employee recruitment, selection, placement, training, appraisal, and development |
Organizational Psychology | A subfield of I/O Psychology that examines organization influences on worker satisfaction and productivity and facilitates organizational change |
Structured Interview | Interview process that asks the same job relevant questions of all applicants, each of whom is rated on established scales |
Achievement Motivation | A desire for significant accomplishment |
Task Leadership | Goal oriented leadership that sets standards, organizes work, and focuses attention on goals |
Social Leadership | Group oriented leadership that builds teamwork, mediates conflict, and offers support |
Theory X | Assumes that workers are basically lazy, error prone, and extrinsically motivated by money and thus should be directed from above |
Theory Y | Assumes that, given challenge and freedom, workers are motivated to achieve self esteem and to demonstrate their competence and creativity |