module 37

Question 1

Motivation

Answer 1

a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior.

Question 2

instinct

Answer 2

a complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is unlearned.

Question 3

Physiological need

Answer 3

a basic bodily requirement.

Question 4

drive-reduction theory

Answer 4

the idea that a physiological need creates an aroused state (a drive) that motivates an organism to satisfy the need

Question 5

Homeostasis

Answer 5

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.

Question 6

incentive

Answer 6

a positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior.

Question 7

Yerkes-Dodson law

Answer 7

the principle that performance increases with arousal only up to a point, beyond which performance decreases.

Question 8

hierarchy of needs

Answer 8

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.

Question 9

Abraham Maslow

Answer 9

described human priorities in the hierarchy of needs