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Motivation |
A need or desire that energizes and directs behaviors |
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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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Homostasis |
A Tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state; the regulation of any aspect of body chemistry, such as blood glucose around a particular level. |
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Incentive |
A positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior. |
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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 a higher level safety needs and then psychological needs become active. |
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Glucose |
The form of sugar that circulates in the blood and provides the major source of energy for body tissue. When its level is low, we feel hungry. |
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Basal Metabolic Rates |
The body's resting rate of energy expenditure. |
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Hunger occurs in response to _________ blood glucose and _________ levels of ghrelin. |
Low Blood Glucose and High Levels of Ghrelin |
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Sexual Response Cycle |
The four stages of sexual responding described by Master and Johnson-excitement, orgasm, and resolution. |
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William Masters & Virginia Johnson |
Gynecologist-obstetrician made headline by recording the physiological responses of volunteers who masturbated or had intercourse.(1966) |
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Abraham Maslow |
Only if these needs are met we prompted to meet our need for safety, and then to satisfy the uniquely human needs to give and receive love and to enjoy self-esteem. (1971) |
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Refractory Period |
A resting period after the orgasm, during which a man cannot achieve another orgasm. |
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Sexual Disorder |
A problem that consistently impairs sexual arousal or functioning. |
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Industrial-Organizational Psychology |
The application of psychological concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior in workplaces. |
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Personnel Psychology |
A subfield of I/O psychology that focuses on employee recruitment, selection, placement, training, appraisal and development. |
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Human Factor Psychology |
A subfield of I/O psychology that explores how people and machines interact and how machines and physical environmental can be made safe and easy to use. |
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Achievement Motivation |
A Desire for significant accomplishment; for mastery of skills or ideas; for rapidly attaining a high standard. |
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Task Leadership |
Goal-Oriented leadership that set standards, organizes work, and focuses attention on goals. |
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Social Leadership |
Group-oriented leadership that builds teamwork, mediates conflict, and offers support. |
