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| 13655883239 | drive-reduction theory | the idea that a physiological need creates an aroused tension state (a drive) that motivates an organism to satisfy the need | 0 | |
| 13655884797 | Homeostasis | A tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state; the regulation of any aspect of body chemistry, such as blood glucose, around a particular level | 1 | |
| 13655887713 | incentive | a positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior | 2 | |
| 13655889308 | optimum level of arousal | level of arousal at which an individual's performance on a specific task is most efficient | 3 | |
| 13655892332 | lateral hypothalamus | The part of the hypothalamus that produces hunger signals, needs more gluclose | 4 | |
| 13655899308 | ventromedial hypothalamus | The part of the hypothalamus that produces feelings of fullness as opposed to hunger, and causes one to stop eating. | 5 | |
| 13655905097 | Yerkes-Dodson Law | The theory that a degree of psychological arousal helps performance, but only to a point. | 6 | |
| 13655918178 | Orexin | hunger-triggering hormone secreted by hypothalamus | 7 | |
| 13655922923 | Ghrelin | A hunger-arousing hormone secreted by an empty stomach | 8 | |
| 13655925639 | Leptin | fat cells, reduces reward of food | 9 | |
| 13655929657 | Obestatin | sister hormone to ghrelin; sends out a fullness signal that suppresses hunger | 10 | |
| 13655933154 | PYY | digestive tract hormone; sends "I'm not hungry" signals to the brain | 11 | |
| 13655934905 | set point | the point at which an individuals weight thermostat is supposedly set when the body falls below; hunger increases and lowered metabolic rate | 12 | |
| 13655944488 | basal metabolic rate | the body's resting rate of energy expenditure | 13 | |
| 13655948112 | neophobia | fear of things unfamiliar | 14 | |
| 13655956264 | anorexia nervosa | usually adolescent females, diets and becomes underweight yet percieves themselves as fat | 15 | |
| 13655963957 | bulimia nervosa | binging then purging | 16 | |
| 13655966287 | binge eating disorder | significant binge-eating episodes, followed by distress, disgust, or guilt, but without the compensatory purging, fasting, or excessive exercise that marks bulimia nervosa | 17 | |
| 13655972142 | phase- exitement | first stage, genitals swell with blood, vagina releases lubricant | 18 | |
| 13655975846 | plateau | excitement peaks, breathing and heart rate increases, second stage | 19 | |
| 13655998728 | orgasm | penis releases sperm, rapid contracting | 20 | |
| 13656001265 | resolution | 4th stage, gradual return to normal stage | 21 | |
| 13656007051 | refractory period | a resting period after orgasm, during which a man cannot achieve another orgasm. 3 mins to 3 days | 22 | |
| 13656012941 | Estrogens | sex hormones, such as estradiol, secreted in greater amounts by females than by males and contributing to female sex characteristics. In nonhuman female mammals, estrogen levels peak during ovulation, promoting sexual receptivity | 23 | |
| 13656012942 | Testosterone | Male sex hormone | 24 | |
| 13656018115 | sexual orientation | an enduring sexual attraction toward members of either one's own sex (homosexual orientation) or the other sex (heterosexual orientation) | 25 |
