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Motivation |
A need or desire that energizes and directs Behavior |
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Instinct |
A complex, unlearned behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species |
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Instinct Theory |
Focuses on genetically predisposed behaviors |
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Arousal Theory |
States that we seek an Optimum level of excitement or arousal |
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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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Drive |
An aroused, motivated state |
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Homeostasis |
A tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state it is the regulation of any aspect of body chemistry, such as blood glucose, around particular level |
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Incentive |
A positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates Behavior |
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Yerkes-dodson law |
The principle that performance increases with arousal only up to a point, Beyond which performance decreases Suggest that moderate arousal would lead to Optimal Performance |
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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 |
