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Motivation |
A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior. |
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Instinct |
A complex, unlearned behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species. |
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Drive-reduction theory |
The idea that a physiological need creates an arouse tension state (a drive) that motivated organism to satisfy the need. |
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Homeostasis |
A tendency to maintain a balance or constant internal state; the regulation of any aspect of body chemistry, such as blood glucose, around a particular lvl. |
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Incentive |
A positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior. |
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Yerkes-Dodson law |
The principle that performance increases with arousal only up to a point, beyond which performance decreases. |
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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 higher-lvl safety needs and then psychological needs become active. |
