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_____________ is the set of requirements that lead an animal to behave in a particular way at a particular time and place.
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motivation
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___________ is an inherited tendency to produce organized and unalterable responses to particular stimuli.
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instinct
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Freuds belief that sex is the main human drive is an example of ___________ causing human motivation.
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instinct.
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Humans are remarkably ___________ in the way we can respond to any stimulus, thus it is hard to assign importance to instinct emotions.
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flexible.
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_____________ is a belief that goals that motivate us (finding a mate) and general cognitive strategies for achieving goals (deception) are inborn.
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Evolutionary Psychology Theory.
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A______ is an internal imbalance that motives us to reach a particular goal to reduce the imbalance. If you achieve the goal you reach _________.
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drive. homeostasis.
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________ wrote the "Wisdom of the Body" which argued the importance of homeostasis.
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Cannon
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According to cannon, homeostasis is (passive or active) state.
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active
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_______ theory states that we perfomr best when we are at an intermediate level of arousal.
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arousal.
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_________ law is associated with Arousal Theory.
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Yerkes-Dodson
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Yerkes-Dodson
if we are ____-aroused we are sluggish if we are ________- aroused we become ADD. as intuitive as this sounds, not all studies support this law. |
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_______ showed that people like art, music, etc. when it is not too _______ and not too _______.
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Berlyne. simple/complex.
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________ are a stimulus or event that draws animals towards a particular goal in anticipation of a reward.
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incentives.
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_________ is the condition that occurs after an animal has given up hope in incentives- i.e. if you think that there is a way to reduce your suffering, you're going to try- but if you find you can't ... you give up. This is related to depression.
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Learned Helplessness.
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__________ and _________ proposed the "Need for Achievment Theory".
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McClelland and Atkinson
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People who have high need for _________ tend to assume that their successes are due to their personal characteristics, where as failures are due to environmental circumstances.
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achievement
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It was found the __________measures of need for achievement are better predictors for success than explicit measures.
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implicit
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_________ an _________ proposed the "Need for Cognition" theory.
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Cacioppo and Petty
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People who have a high _________ tend to engage in and enjoy thinking.
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need for cognition
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Who came up with the hierarchy of needs theory?
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Maslow
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_______theory has alot of holes in it and peoples motivation does not always follow suit. His theory also doesnt apply to all cultures.
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Maslow's hierarchy of needs
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__________ came up with the "Regulatory Fit Theory".
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Higgins.
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Different strategies and behaviors will appeal to different people. __________ theory has research support
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Regulatory Fit Theory
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List the "Best Strategies" in Higgins "Regulatory Fit Theory".
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Eagerness related (related to promotion)
Vigilence related (related to prevention). |
