Chapter 9: Motivation and Emotion

Glucagon

Glucagon

________: hormone that is secreted by the pancreas to control the levels of fats, proteins, and carbohydrates in the body by increasing the level of glucose in the bloodstream.

Leptin

________: a hormone that, when released into the bloodstream, signals the hypothalamus that the body has had enough food and reduces the appetite while increasing the feeling of being full.

Incentives

________: things that attract or lure people into action.

Instincts

________: the biologically determined and innate patterns of behavior that exist in both people and animals.

Peak Experience

________: according to Maslow, times in a persons life during which self- actualization is temporarily achieved.

Self Actualization

________: according to Maslow, the point that is seldom reached at which people have sufficiently satisfied the lower needs and achieved their full human potential.

Insulin

________: a hormone secreted by the pancreas to control the levels of fats, proteins, and carbohydrates in the body by reducing the level of glucose in the bloodstream.

Affiliation

Need for ________ (nAff): the need for friendly social interactions and relationships with others.

Homeostasis

________: the tendency of the body to maintain a steady- state 9.3 Different Strokes for Different Folks: Psychological Needs.

Sensation Seeker

________: someone who needs more arousal than the average person.

Cannon

________- Bard Theory of Emotion: theory in which the physiological reaction and the emotion are assumed to occur at the same time.

Achievement

Need for ________ (nAch): a need that involves a strong desire to succeed in attaining goals, not only realistic ones but also challenging ones 9.4 Arousal and Incentive Approaches.

Drive Reduction Theory

________: approach to motivation that assumes behavior arises from physiological needs that cause internal drives to push the organism to satisfy the need and reduce tension and arousal.

Drive

________: a psychological tension and physical arousal arising when there is a need that motivates the organism to act in order to fulfill the need and reduce the tension.

Basal Metabolic Rate

________ (BMR): the rate at which the body burns energy when the organism is resting 9.7 Obesity.

Incentive Approaches

________: theories of motivation in which behavior is explained as a response to the external stimulus and its rewarding properties 9.5 Humanistic Approaches.

Motivation

________: the process by which activities are started, directed, and continued so that physical or psychological needs or wants are met.