Flashcards in Chapter 12 Deck (18):
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Motivation
A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior
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Instinct
A complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is unlearned
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Drive-Reduction Theory
The idea that a psychological need creates an aroused tensions state a drive that motivates an organism to satisfy the need
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Homeostasis
Maintain a balanced internal state
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Incentives
A positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior
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Optimal Arousal Theory
Not all behaviors are psychological. Curiosity driven behaviors suggest too little or too much stimulation can motivate people to seek optimal level of arousal
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Anorexia Nervosa
An eating disorder where a normal weight person starves themselves and continues to perceive themselves as fat
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Abraham Maslow
Hierarchy of needs
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Bulimia Nervosa
An eating disorder characterized by episodes of over eating followed by vomiting
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Hierarchy of Needs
Maslow's pyramid of human needs, beginning with psychological needs that must be satisfied before other needs
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Alfred Kinsey
Launched a controversial sex studies program and analyzed his findings in the book Sexual Behavior in Human
Male
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Sexual Response Cycle
The four stages of sexual responding described by masters and Johnson - excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution
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Refractory Period
A resting period after an orgasm where a man cannot achieve another orgasm
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Sexual Disorder
A problem that consistently impairs sexual arousal or functioning
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Sexual Orientation
An enduring sexual attraction to ones own sec or the other sex
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Flow
A completely involved, focused state of consciousness, with diminished awareness of self and time, resulting from optimal engagement of ones skills
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Industrial-Organizational Psychology
The application of psychological concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior and behavior in workplaces
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