Chapter 9- Motivation and Emotion

Question 1

Intrinsic motivation

Answer 1

Actions are rewarding or satisfying in and of themselves

Question 2

Extrinsic motivation

Answer 2

Actions are performed because they lead to some sort of external outcome

Question 3

Instincts

Answer 3

Biologically deferment and innate patterns of behavior

Question 4

Drive

Answer 4

Physiological tension and physical arousal that motivates the organism to act in order to fulfill the need and reduce the tension

Question 5

Drive reduction theory

Answer 5

Requirement for something essential for survival; existence of need leads to drive and physical arousal; satisfying need reduces drive

Question 6

Primary drives

Answer 6

Involve survival needs and maintaining homeostasis

Question 7

Secondary drives

Answer 7

Learned through experience or conditioning

Question 8

Homeostasis

Answer 8

The tendency of the body to maintain a steady state

Question 9

Need for affiliation (nAff)

Answer 9

People high in this need seek to be liked by others and to be held in high regard by those around them

Question 10

Need for power (nPow)

Answer 10

People high in this need would want to have influence over there and make an impact on them

Question 11

Need for achievement (nAch)

Answer 11

People high in this need look for careers and hobbies that allow them to evaluate he selves

Question 12

Stimulus motive

Answer 12

One that appears to be unlearned but causes an increase in stimulation

Question 13

Arousal theory

Answer 13

People have optimal level of tension

Question 14

Sensation seeker

Answer 14

One who needs more arousal

Question 15

Incentives

Answer 15

Things that attract or lure people into action

Question 16

Self actualization

Answer 16

When people have satisfied the lower needs and achieved their full human potential

Question 17

Peak experiences

Answer 17

Times in a persons life in which self actualization is achieved

Question 18

Self determination theory

Answer 18

There are three inborn and universal needs that help people gain a complete sense of self and whole, healthy relationships with others

Question 19

Insulin

Answer 19

Hormone secreted by the pancreas to reduce glucose in the bloodstream

Question 20

Glucagon

Answer 20

Hormone secreted by the pancreas that increases glucose level

Question 21

Leptin

Answer 21

Hormone that controls appetite

Question 22

Weight set point

Answer 22

Particular level of weight that the body tries to maintain

Question 23

Basal metabolic rate

Answer 23

Yeah he rate at which the body burns energy when a person is resting

Question 24

Anorexia

Answer 24

Condition in which a person reduces eating to the point that their body weight is significantly low

Question 25

Binge eating disorder

Answer 25

Involves uncontrolled binge eating but person does not purge

Question 26

Bulimia

Answer 26

Condition in which a person revels a cycle of binging