Myers' Psychology Second Edition for AP Unit 8: Motivation, Emotion, and Stress

Motivation

What is caused by both nature and nurture? Answer with a single words or term.

Exhaustion

________ occurs when your body begins to run out.

Social behaviors

________ try to increase the feeling of belonging.

Humans

________ connect through talking, texting, chatting, posting, gaming, and emailing.

Anger

________ tends to be in men more than women.

Women cna

________ have pain or female orgasmic disorders, where they can never experience an orgasm.

Fat

What is an ideal form of stored energy? Answer with a single words or term.

healthy immune system

A(n) ________ can help beat cancer.

AIDS

________ is exchanged through the exchange of bodily fluids, primarily blood and semen.

Hunger

________ can persist even if there are no stomach "pangs.

Introverts

________ are better at reading people's emotions.

Cancer

________ is also more likely to be in people who have depression, helplessness, or bereavement.

Social exclusion

What is called ostracism? Answer with a single words or term.

Genes

________ can cause some of our instincts.

sexual response cycle

The ________ is made up of four stages: excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution.

Relationships

________ can make unenjoyable things more bearable.

Hierarchy of needs

________ puts some wants over others.

Behaviors

________ can be influenced by pain.

Hormones levels

________ can activate as a response to sexual stimulation.

Early psychologists

________ were just naming instincts rather than explaining them.

Blood vessels

Several neural areas work to transfer the idea of hunger. ________ supply the hypothalamus.

Yerkes Dodson law

________ suggests that we search for the optimum level.

insula

What is activated when we feel many emotions including lust, pride, and disgust? Answer with a single words or term.

HIV

________ stands for human immunodeficiency virus.

Incentives

________ can be positive or negative environmental stimuli.