Theories of Motivation
This theory states that our motivation comes from the body's desire to restore homeostasis.
What is the Drive-Reduction Theory?
This type of motivation is internally driven and self-reinforcing.
What is intrinsic motivation?
This level of Maslow's pyramid describes the human need for things like shelter and consistency.
What is safety?
The form of sugar that provides energy for body tissues. Its absence causes us to feel hunger.
What is glucose?
What is a cheetah?
This theory of motivation is represented by a pyramid.
What is the Hierarchy of Needs?
This type of motivation is indirect, externally reinforced, and facilitates obtaining a reward or removing an undesirable condition.
What is extrinsic motivation?
This level of Maslow's pyramid describes the human need for a sense of self-worth.
What is esteem?
When a body's weight falls below this point, increased hunger and lowered metabolic rate may combine to restore lost weight.
What is set point?
The largest animal.
What is a blue whale?
This man pioneered the theory of motivation represented by a pyramid.
Who is Abraham Maslow?
An aroused state occurring from a physical need, such as hunger.
What is drive?
This level of Maslow's pyramid describes the human need for basic needs like food and clothing.
The body's resting rate of energy output.
What is basal metabolic rate?
The tallest animal.
What is a giraffe?
This theory of motivation states that we are motivated to experience our ideal level of arousal.
What is Optimal Arousal Theory?
An effortful process in which you select goals, pursue them, monitor your progress, adjust, and integrate your values and norms.
This level of Maslow's pyramid describes the human need for personal growth and realized potential.
What is actualization?
Defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher.
What is obesity?
The sleepiest animal.
What is a sloth?
This law, associated with a theory of motivation, describes how dominant tasks benefit from higher arousal, while non-dominant tasks suffer from higher arousal.
What is the Revised Yerkes-Dodson Law?
These can activate a drive separate from a need.
What are incentives?
This level of Maslow's pyramid describes the human need for friendship and acceptance.
What is belonging?
A hormone secreted by the stomach that sends hunger signals to the brain.
What is ghrelin?
What is the peregrine falcon?