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19 Cards in this Set
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motivation
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the set of factors that initiate and direct behavior, usually toward some goal
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instincts
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unlearned characteristic patterns of responding that are controlled by specific triggers in the world
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primary drive
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psychological state that arises in response to an internal physiological need, such as hunger or thirst
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homeostasis
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process by which body maintains internal balance
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secondary drives
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a drive learned by association with primary drive, e.g. need for money
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proximate factors
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causes of behavior that derive from an organisms immediate internal or external environment,
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ultimate factors
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causes of behavior that refer to the evolutionarily adaptive significance and reproductive consequences for the organism
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incentive motivation
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external factors in environment that influence actions
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achievement motive
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need that varies based on expectations about success and how much value you place on succeeding at that task
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intrinsic motivation
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behavior that seems entirely self motivated
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glucose
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kind of sugar that cells require for energy production
when it falls too low you get hungry |
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insulin
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hormone released by pancreas that helps pump nutrients in the blood into the cells, where they can stored as fat or energy
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leptin
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hormone that can regulate amount of energy stored in fat cells
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ventromedia hypothalamus
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when lesioned it can caused obesity
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lateral hypothalamus
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when lesioned causes an animal to be reluctant to eat
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set point
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natural body weight that body tires to maintain
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facial feedback hypothesis
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proposal that muscles in the face deliver signals to the brain that are then interpreted depending on the pattern as a subjective emotional state
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james lange theory
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theory of emotion that argues that body reactions precede and drive the subjective experience of emotion
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cannon bard theory
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a theory of emotion that argues that body reactions and subjective experience occur together but independently
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