Psychology Unit 3 Vocab

A complex, unlearned behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species.

In drive-reduction theory, aroused tension states created by imbalances that prompt an organism to restore the balance, typically by reducing the drive.

The idea that a physiological need creates an aroused tension state that motivates the organism to satisfy the need.

The theory that a degree of psychological arousal helps performance, but only up to a certain point.

A tendancy to maintain a balanced or constant eternal state; the regulation of any aspect of body chemistry, such as blood glucose, around a particular level.

A desire to perform a behavior because of promised rewards or threats of punishments.

A desire to perform a behavior for it's own sake and be effective.

Maslow's pyramid of human needs beginning at the base with physiological needs and proceeding through safety needs then to psychological needs. Higher level needs won't become active until lower level needs have been satisfied.

According to Abraham Maslow, the ultimate psychological need that arises after basic needs are met and esteem is achieved; the motivation to fufill one's full potential.

A desire for significant accomplishment: mastery of things, people, or ideas for attaining a high standard.

The point where an individual's "weight thermostat" is supposedly set. When the body falls below this weight, increased hunger and lower metabolic rate may act to restore lost weight.

An eating disorder in which normal weight people (usually adolescent females) suffer delusions of being overweight, put themselves on self-starvation regimins, and become dangerously overweight.

An eating disorder characterized by areas of overeating, usually of high calorie foods, followed by vomiting, use of laxative, fasting, or excessive excersize.

The theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our psyiological responses to an emotion stimulus.

The theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaniously triggers (1) physiological responses, and (2) the subjective experience of emotion.