Final Jeopardy
A positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior?
What is an incentive?
The two scientists who studied the relationship of arousal and performance
Who are Yerkes and Dodson?
A motivation theory in which needs are prioritized from survival-based needs to the needs for meaning
What is Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
The idea that a physiological need creates an aroused state
What is drive reduction theory?
An aroused motivated state such as hunger or thirst
What is a drive?
A prime area of performance in which arousal and performance are equal
What is optimal performance?
Needs, such as the need for food and water
What are physiological needs?
A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior
What is motivation?
The goal of the process of drive reduction
What is homeostasis?
When motivated behaviors increase arousal, it creates this, which may cause us to further explore what we don't know.
What is curiosity?
In the middle of the hierarchy, a need to be loved and accepted
What is need for belonging?
Correlation does not equal (blank)
What is causation?
Everything in psychology has this type of approach to it
What is biopsychosocial?