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Motivated behavior is an attempt to reduce this unpleasant state of tension in the body and to return the body to a state of homeostasis
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Drive-reduction theory
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State of tension or arousal that motivates behavior
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Drive
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Unlearned drive, such as hunger, that are based on a physiological state
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Primary drives
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Learned drives, such as ambition, that are not based on a physiological state
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Secondary drives
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Theory of motivation that proposes that organism seek an optimal level of arousal
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Arousal theory
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States that there is an optimal level of arousal for the best performance of any task; the more complex the task, the lower the level of arousal that can be tolerated before performance deteriorates
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Yerkes-dadson law
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A desire to perform a behavior that stems from the enjoyment derived from the behavior itself (get enjoyment from doing activity)
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Intrinsic motivation
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A desire to perform a behavior to obtain an external reward or avoid punishment
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Extrinsic motivation
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A theory of motivation advanced by Maslow holding that higher order motives involving social and personal growth only emerge after lower level of motives related to survival have been satisfied
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Hierarchy of needs
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List the 5 hierarchy of needs from higher need to lower
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1. physiological needs
2. safety needs 3. belongingness needs 4. esteem needs 5. self-actualization needs |
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Unlearned motives, such as curiosity or contact, that prompts us to explore or change the world around us
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Stimulus motives
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Who said that humans have a need for contact
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Harry Harlow
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This focuses on a specific object that must be touched, handled, played with, and felt before we are satisfied
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Manipulation
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Behavior aimed at doing harm to others; also the motive to behave aggressively
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Aggression
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The need to excel, to overcome obstacles
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Achievement motive
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