Practice TestTake a test on your terms and definitions
Spaced RepetitionScientifically backed study method
Matching GameHow quick can you match all your cards?
FlashcardsStudy terms and definitions
1 / 51
There's no tags or description
Looks like no one added any tags here yet for you.
52 Terms
1
Dopamine
a neurotransmitter that promotes "wanting” but is not essential for "liking"
New cards
2
Drives
________ and incentives complement one another and influence each others strengths.
New cards
3
Endorphins
short for endogenous, morphine-like substance; a transmitter risible for "liking" response.
New cards
4
Preservation and Protection Theory
sleep came about in evolution to preserve energy and protect the individual when there is relatively little value in staying awake.
New cards
5
Sensory Specific Satiety
people and laboratory animals that eat a type of food until they are satiated experience renewed appetite when a different food, with a different taste, is placed before them.
New cards
6
Regulatory Drive
helps preserve homeostasis
New cards
7
Liking
the subjective feeling of pleasure that occurs when one receives a reward.
New cards
8
Reinforcement
refers to the effects that promote something such as learning.
New cards
9
Leptin
appetite- suppressing hormone secreted by fat cells.
New cards
10
Electroencephalogram
most valuable index of sleep; represents a sort of average of the activity of billions of neurons.
New cards
11
Motivational State
an internal condition that orients an individual toward a specific category of goals.
New cards
12
Homeostasis
the constancy of internal conditions that the body must actively maintain.
New cards
13
Reward
something we like, want, and serves as a reinforcer.
New cards
14
Medial forebrain bundle
neurons crucial for rewards.
New cards
15
Incentives
sought- after objects that exist in the external environment.
New cards
16
Delta
waves: high amplitude, slow, irregular waves occur when a person is in "true sleep.”
New cards
17
Motivation
the entries constellation of factors, some inside the organism and some outside, that causes an individual to behave in a particular way at a particular time.
New cards
18
Non regulatory drives
________: do not preserve homeostasis.
New cards
19
Feedback Control
the substance or quality being regulated feeds back upon the controlling device and inhibits the production of more of that substance or quality when an appropriate level is reached.
New cards
20
Central State Theory of Drives
different drives correspond to the neural activity in different sets of neurons in the brain.
New cards
21
Nucleus accumbens
a large nucleus in the basal ganglia.
New cards
22
Safety drives
motivate an animal to avoid, escape, or fend off dangers.
New cards
23
Central drive system
a set of neurons in which activity constitutes a drive.
New cards
24
Motivation
the entries constellation of factors, some inside the organism and some outside, that causes an individual to behave in a particular way at a particular time
New cards
25
Motivational State
an internal condition that orients an individual toward a specific category of goals
New cards
26
Incentives
sought-after objects that exist in the external environment
New cards
27
Homeostasis
The constancy of internal conditions that the body must actively maintain
New cards
28
Regulatory Drive
helps preserve homeostasis
New cards
29
Non-regulatory drives
do not preserve homeostasis
New cards
30
Regulatory drives
maintain homeostasis
New cards
31
Safety drives
motivate an animal to avoid, escape, or fend off dangers
New cards
32
Reproductive drives
sexual drive and the drive to care for young once they are born
New cards
33
Social drives
drives for friendship and connections
New cards
34
Central State theory of drives
different drives correspond to the neural activity in different sets of neurons in the brain
New cards
35
Central drive system
a set of neurons in which activity constitutes a drive
New cards
36
Reward
something we like, want, and serves as a reinforcer
New cards
37
Wanting
the desire to obtain a reward
New cards
38
Liking
the subjective feeling of pleasure that occurs when one receives a reward
New cards
39
Reinforcement
refers to the effects that promote something such as learning
New cards
40
Medial forebrain bundle
neurons crucial for rewards
New cards
41
Nucleus accumbens
a large nucleus in the basal ganglia
New cards
42
Dopamine
a neurotransmitter that promotes "wanting" but is not essential for "liking"
New cards
43
Endorphins
short for endogenous, morphine-like substance; a transmitter risible for "liking" response
New cards
44
Drug Addiction
addictive drugs cause dopamine release into the nucleus accumbens each time they are taken, which may cause super reinforcement of cues and actions associated with obtaining the drugs; hence, addiction
New cards
45
Feedback control
the substance or quality being regulated feeds back upon the controlling device and inhibits the production of more of that substance or quality when an appropriate level is reached
New cards
46
Leptin
appetite-suppressing hormone secreted by fat cells
New cards
47
Sensory-Specific satiety
people and laboratory animals that eat a type of food until they are satiated experience renewed appetite when a different food, with a different taste, is placed before them
New cards
48
Electroencephalogram
most valuable index of sleep, represents a sort of average of the activity of billions of neurons
New cards
49
Alpha waves
large, regular waves occur when a person is relaxed but awake
New cards
50
Beta waves
love amplitude, fast, irregular waves occur when a person is concentrating, focused, or excited
New cards
51
Delta Waves
high amplitude, slow, irregular waves occur when a person is in "true sleep"
New cards
52
Preservation and Protection Theory
Sleep came about in evolution to preserve energy and protect the individual when there is relatively little value and co
Studied by 4 people
