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motivation
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A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior.
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471
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instinct
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A complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is unlearned.
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471
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drive-reduction theory
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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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homeostasis
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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
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A positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior.
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471
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hierarchy of needs
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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.
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473
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emotion
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A response of the whole organism, involving (1) physiologocial arousal, (2) expressive behaviors, and (3) conscious experience.
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515
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James-Lange theory
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The theory that our experience of emotions is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli.
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515
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Cabbib-Bard theory
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The theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers (1) physiological responses (2) the subjective experience of emotion.
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515
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two-factor theory
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Schachter-Singer's theory that to experience emotion one must (1) be physically aroused and (2) cognitively label the arousal.
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515
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polygraph
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A machine, commonly used in attempts to detect lies, that measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emtion (such as perspiration and cardiovascular and breath changes).
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519
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