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motivation |
factors of differing strength that energize, direct and sustain behavior
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need |
a state of biological or social deficiency |
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need hierarchy |
an arrangement of needs in which basic survival needs must be met before people can satisfy higher needs |
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drive |
a psychological state that by creating arousal motivates an organism to engage in a behavior to satisfy a need |
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arousal |
physiological activation or increased autonomic responses |
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incentives |
external objects or external goals fathers than internal drives that motivate behvaior |
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extrinsic motivation |
a desire to preform an activity because of external goals that activity is directed toward |
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intrinsic motivation |
a desire to preform an activity because of the value/pleasure associated with the activity rather than for an apparent external goal/purpose
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self determination theory |
extrinsic rewards reduce intrinsic value of an activity |
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self perception theory |
we are seldom aware of our specific motives |
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achievement motivation |
the need or desire to attain a certain standard of excellence |
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need to belong theory |
the need for interpersonal attachment is a fundamental motive that has evolved for adaptive purpose |
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leptin |
hormone associated with decreasing eating behavior based on long term body fat regulation |
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grehlin |
hormone associated with increasing eating behavior based on short term signals in the bloodstream |
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sexual response cycle |
a four stage pattern of physiological and psychological responses during sexual activity |
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androgens |
a class of hormones that are associated with sexual behaviors and are more prevalent in males |
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estrogens |
hormones associated with sexual behavior and are more prevalent in females |
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sexual strategies theory |
men and women have evolved distinct mating strategies because they have faced different adaptive problems over the course of human history, strategies used maximize probability of passing along genes to future generations |
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emotion |
feelings that involve subjective evaluation, physiological processes and cognitive beliefs |
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primary emotions |
evolutionary adaptive emotions that are shared across cultures and are associated with specific physical states |
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secondary emotions |
blends of primary emotions |
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James Lang Theory |
emotions result from the experience of physiological reactions in the body |
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Cannon Bard Theory |
emotions and bodily responses both occur simultaneously due to how parts of the brain process information |
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two factor Theory |
how we experience an emotion is influence by the cognitive label we apply to explain the physiological changes we experience |
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display rules |
rules that are learned through socialization and that dictate what emotions are suitable for certain situations |
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affect as information theory |
people use their current moods to make decisions, judgements, even if they do not know the source of the moods |
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guilt |
a negative emotion associated with anxiety, tension and agitation |