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Motivation - AP Psychology, Chapter 12

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Motivation   A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior  
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Instinct   A complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is unlearned  
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Drive reduction theory   The idea that a physiological need creates an aroused tension state (a drive) that motivates an organism to satisfy the need  
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Homeostasis   A tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state  
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Incentive   A positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior  
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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs   Maslow's pyramid of human needs, starting with physiological needs that must be met before safety needs, belongingness and love needs, esteem needs, and self-actualization needs become active  
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Set point   The point at which an individual's "weight thermostat" is supposedly set - when body fat falls below this weight, an increase in hunger and lowered metabolic rate may restore the lost weight  
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Basil metabolic rate   The body's resting rate of energy expenditure  
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Industrial organizational psychology   The study of how individual behavior is affected by the work environment, coworkers, and organizational practices  
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Task leadership   Goal-oriented leadership that sets standards, organizes work, and focuses attention on goals  
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Social leadership   Group-oriented leadership that builds teamwork, mediates conflict, and offers insight  
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Anorexia   An eating disorder in which a normal-weight person diets and becomes significantly (15% or more) underweight, yet still feels fat  
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Bulimia   An eating disorder characterized by episodes of overeating followed by vomiting, laxative use, fasting, or excessively exercising  
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Estrogen   A sex hormone secreted in greater amounts by females - levels peak at ovulation  
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Testosterone   The most important of the male sex hormones - stimulates the growth of male sex organs in the fetus and the development of male sex characteristics during puberty  
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Refractory period   The resting period after orgasm during which a man cannot achieve another orgasm  
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