This is complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is unlearned.
What is instincts
100
This form of sugar circulate in the blood and provides the major source of energy for body tissues.
What is glucose
100
A mix of bodily arousal, expressive behavior, and conscious experience.
What is an emotion
100
When an individual is motivated by the inherent enjoyment they get out of something.
What is intrinsic motivation
100
This motivation theory is based on biological needs. Satisfying those needs brings us back to homeostasis.
What is the drive-reduction theory
200
This is when a physiological need creates an aroused tension state that motivates an organism to satisfy the need.
What is drive-reduction theory
200
This is the body's resting rate of energy expenditure.
What is basal metabolic rate
200
According to Abraham Maslow, this is the most basic need that need to be met.
What is physiological
200
This is the average level at which an individualʼs “weight thermostat” is supposedly set. When the body falls
below this weight, an increase in hunger and a lowered metabolic rate may act to restore the lost weight.
What is set point
200
This motivation theory explains why we go on roller coasters or bungee jump.
What is optimal-arousal theory
300
This is the maintenance of a steady internal state.
What is homeostasis
300
This part of the brain maintains hunger through the monitoring of various hunger-based hormones like gherlin.
What is the hypothalamus
300
Labeling an emotion and a physiological response occur simultaneously.
What is the Cannon-Bard theory
300
This theory states that we are motivated by seeking excitement and our performance is best when it is at a moderate level of arousal.
What is the Yerkes-Dodson law
300
This is the weakness of the Cannon-Bard theory
What is doesn't explain the weakening of emotional responses in spinal-cord injury patients. Physiological responses DO cause emotions.
400
This is a positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior.
What is an incentive
400
This was the finding of the hunger-based experiment of AL Washburn and Walter Cannon.
What is stomach contractions occur when we are hungry
400
A physiological response precedes labeling an emotion.
What is the James-Lange theory
400
There are two factors in Schacter and Singerʼs theory of emotion. Name those two factors.
What is physiological arousal and cognitive appraisal.
400
This theory would be most helpful for explaining why people are motivated to watch horror movies.
What is optimal-arousal theory
500
This is a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior.
What is motivation
500
The name of the part of the brain that when stimulated leads to overeating in mice or when destroyed the mice have no desire to eat.
What is the arcuate nucleus
500
As you are waiting to be interviewed for a job, your heart rate, body temperature, and breathing rate begin to increase. These physiological changes are produced by activation
of the ________ nervous system
What is sympathetic
500
According to Abraham Maslow, in order for our needs to be loved and belong to be met, what two needs must be met first?
What is physiological and safety
500
Lillian will be taking an entrance exam for law school this afternoon. She is likely to do her best when her arousal levels are at
What is a moderate level, not too high and not too low