Pysch 5

Front 1

the drive to seek a goal such as food, water, or friends

Back 1

Motivation

Front 2

a state of the body causing feelings such as hope, fear, or love

Back 2

Emotion

Front 3

Part of the lower brain that controls such basic needs and desires as pleasure, pain, fear, rage, hunger, thirst, and sex

Back 3

Hypothalamus

Front 4

the brain structure that is responsible for emotional responses of aggression and fear

Back 4

amygdala

Front 5

the unit of the brain that registers and controls activity level, increase excitement and helps generate sleep

Back 5

reticular formation

Front 6

the gland that controls other glands and hormones, as well as producing its own hormone that regulates growth

Back 6

pituitary gland

Front 7

glands that secrete addrenaline, which stirs up the body, changing breathing, perspiration, heart rate, and so on.

Back 7

Adrenal Gland

Front 8

the sex glands

Back 8

gonads

Front 9

the male sex glands, which make sperm

Back 9

testes

Front 10

the female sex glands; which make eggs

Back 10

ovaries

Front 11

male hormones that control sexual interest in both males and females

Back 11

androgens

Front 12

the hormone that controls the female reproductive cycle

Back 12

estrogen

Front 13

the forces that push an organism into action to reach a goal

Back 13

drives

Front 14

the target of a set of behaviors

Back 14

goal

Front 15

the bodily process of maintaining a balanced internal state

Back 15

homeostasis

Front 16

the amount of sugar contained in the blood, which indicates the level of hunger

Back 16

blood-sugar level

Front 17

another name for sugar in the blood

Back 17

glucose

Front 18

the body-regulating mechanism that determines a person's typical weight

Back 18

set point

Front 19

Four physical reasons why we feel hungry...

Back 19

stomach is contracting
blood-sugar level is low
taste receptors are "on"
you have lost weight, and shrunken cells are signaling you to eat

Front 20

a drive that moves a person to seek new and different things

Back 20

curiosity motive

Front 21

a drive that moves a person handle and use objects in the environment

Back 21

manipulation motive

Front 22

motivation that comes from within the individual

Back 22

intrinsic motivation

Front 23

motivation that comes from outside the individual

Back 23

extrinsic motivation

Front 24

the satisfaction obtained from pleasant, soft physical stimulation

Back 24

contact comfort

Front 25

a system that ranks human needs one above the other, with the most basic needs for physical survival at the bottom of the pyramid.

Back 25

Hierarchy of needs

Front 26

needs at the bottom of Maslow's hierarchy; hunger and thirst

Back 26

Physiological Needs

Front 27

needs at the second level of Maslow's hierarchy; shelter, nest egg, of money

Back 27

Safety Needs

Front 28

needs at the third level of Maslow's hierarchy; friendship, closeness, with another

Back 28

Belongingness Needs

Front 29

needs at the fourth level of Maslow's hierarchy; liking and respecting yourself, feeling important and useful

Back 29

Self-Esteem Needs

Front 30

needs at the top of the hierarchy; establishing meaningful goals and purpose in life

Back 30

Self Actualization

Front 31

psychological need to belong to and identify with groups

Back 31

need for affiliation

Front 32

psychological need to have other people think highly of oneself

Back 32

Need for approval

Front 33

psychological need for personal accomplishment

Back 33

need for achievement

Front 34

the theory that the presence of one emotion triggers it's opposite, which then emerges somewhat later

Back 34

opponent-process theory

Front 35

higher-order thought processes, such as reasoning and problem solving

Back 35

cognition

Front 36

the ability to properly feel, deal with, and recognize emotions.

Back 36

Emotional Intelligence

Front 37

the theory of emotion that proposes that first the body responds and then one feels the emotion

Back 37

James-Lange Theory

Front 38

the theory of emotion that proposes that the bodily reaction and the emotional responses to an event occur at the same time

Back 38

cannon-bard theory

Front 39

the theory of emotions proposed by Stanley Schacter; which states that people label a bodily response by giving it the name of the emotion they think they are feeling.

Back 39

Cognitive Theory