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| 3960637730 | extrinsic motivation | a desire to perform a behavior due to promised rewards or threats of punishment | 0 | |
| 3960637731 | intrinsic motivation | a desire to perform a behavior effectively for its own sake | 1 | |
| 3960637732 | instinct approach | approach to motivation that assumes people are governed by instincts similar to those of animals | 2 | |
| 3960637733 | drive reduction theory | A theory that states that people are motivated to take action in order to lessen the state of arousal caused by a physiological need. | 3 | |
| 3960637734 | primary drive | those drives that involve needs of the body such as hunger and thirst | 4 | |
| 3960637735 | secondary drive | Learned drives money can get us water to satisfy primary drive | 5 | |
| 3960637736 | 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 | 6 | |
| 3960637738 | need theory | This theory argues that for a reward to be appropriate, accepted, and effective; it must fulfill a member's needs. | 7 | |
| 3960637739 | nAch | These are the people that thrive on a challenge. They are usually determined, quick workers who take risks and enjoy being assessed. Most sports people fall into this group. | 8 | |
| 3960637740 | nAff | These people tend to avoid challenges because they do not want to risk failing. They are slow workers who avoid responsibility, are easily dissuaded from taking part and do not like being assessed. | 9 | |
| 3960637741 | nPow | Need for power. Do anything to get to it. | 10 | |
| 3960637742 | Arousal Theory | A theory of motivation suggesting that people are motivated to maintain an optimal level of alertness and physical and mental activation. | 11 | |
| 3960637743 | stimulus motive | A motive that appears to be unlearned but causes an increase in stimulation, such as curiosity | 12 | |
| 3960637744 | sensation theory | The sensation seeking theory states that individuals seek activities and experiences that will gratify their need for sensation, and maintains that there are different levels of sensation (high or low) that can be applied. | 13 | |
| 3960637745 | incentive approach | theories of motivation in which behavior is explained as a response to the external stimulus and its rewarding properties. | 14 | |
| 3960637747 | expectancy value theories | states that the amount of motivation for a task is based on the individual's expectation of success and the amount that success is valued | 15 | |
| 3960637748 | self actualization | According to Maslow, the ultimate psychological need that arises after basic physical and psychological needs are met and self-esteem is achieved; the motivation to fulfill one's potential | 16 | |
| 3960637749 | peaks experiences | is a moment accompanied by a euphoric mental state often achieved by self-actualizing individuals | 17 | |
| 3960637750 | self determination theory | Theory of motivation that state there are 3 universal needs: Autonomy control of own actions Competence excel at difficult tasks and Relatedness desire to feel accepted and desired by others | 18 | |
| 3960637751 | insulin and glucogen | What two hormones are responsible for maintaining blood glucose homeostasis? | 19 | |
| 3960637752 | weight set point | the weight level that a person is predisposed to maintain, controlled in part by the hypothalamus | 20 | |
| 3960637753 | BMR | basal metabolic rate | 21 | |
| 3960637754 | obesity | Excessive fatness, more than 60% body weight. | 22 | |
| 3960637756 | bulimia | An eating disorder characterized by episodes of overeating, usually of high-calorie foods, followed by vomiting, laxative use, fasting, or excessive exercise. | 23 | |
| 3960637757 | anorexia nervosa | An eating disorder characterized by an obstinate and willful refusal to eat, a distorted body image, and an intense fear of being fat | 24 | |
| 3960637758 | emotions | signals that tell your mind and body how to react | 25 | |
| 3960637759 | display rules | cross-cultural guidelines for how and when to express emotions | 26 | |
| 3960637760 | common sense theory | idea held by most people that a stimulus leads to the subjective experience of an emotion which then triggers a physiological response | 27 | |
| 3960637761 | james-lange theory | the theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli | 28 | |
| 3960637762 | cannon bard theory | the theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers | 29 | |
| 3960637763 | arousal theory | A theory of motivation suggesting that people are motivated to maintain an optimal level of alertness and physical and mental activation. | 30 | |
| 3960642300 | motivation | A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior | 31 | |
| 3988083192 | facial feedback hypothesis | The hypothesis that emotional expressions can cause the emotional experiences they signify | 32 | |
| 3988083193 | cognitive meditation theory | the focus on changing thought process which meditate between environmental experiences and the individual's reaction(feelings, behaviors) | 33 | |
| 3988083194 | positive psychology movement | a viewpoint that recommends shifting the focus of psychology away from the negative aspects to a more positive focus on strengths, well-being, and the pursuit of happiness | 34 | |
| 3988083195 | stress | A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume | 35 | |
| 3988083196 | distress | A negative stress that can make a person sick or can keep a person from reaching a goal. | 36 | |
| 3988083197 | eustress | A positive stress that energizes a person and helps a person reach a goal | 37 | |
| 3988083198 | ASD | Autism Spectrum Disorders | 38 | |
| 3988083199 | PTSD | post traumatic stress disorder | 39 | |
| 3988083201 | SRRS | Social readjustment rating scale | 40 | |
| 3988083202 | CUSS | College undergraduate stress scale : what is stressing you out that regards within school | 41 | |
| 3988083203 | displaced aggression | taking out one's frustrations on some less threatening or more available target, a form of displacement | 42 | |
| 3988083204 | escape or withdrawal | leaving the presence of a stressor, either literally or by a psychological withdrawal into fantasy, drug abuse, or apathy | 43 | |
| 3988083205 | approach approach conflict | When you must choose between two desirable outcomes | 44 | |
| 3988083206 | avoidance-avoidance conflict | Conflict that results from having to choose between two distasteful alternatives | 45 | |
| 3988083207 | approach- avoidance conflict | When a single course of action has both positive and negative aspects, 1 job offer: you want it, but it's in a city you don't want to live | 46 | |
| 3988083208 | double approach- avoidance conflict | choosing between alternatives that contain both positive and negatives consequences; a job with good pay but bad hours, or a job with good hours but bad pay | 47 | |
| 3988083210 | multiple approach avoidance conflict | Involves a choice between alternatives that have both good and bad aspects | 48 | |
| 3988083211 | general adaptation syndrome | Seyle's concept that the body responds to stress with alarm, resistance and exhaustion | 49 | |
| 3988083212 | psychoneuroimmunology | the study of how psychological, neural, and endocrine processes together affect the immune system and resulting health | 50 | |
| 3988083213 | natural killer cells | A type of white blood cell that can kill tumor cells and virus-infected cells; an important component of innate immunity. | 51 | |
| 3988083214 | primary appraisal | The first step in assessing stress, which involves estimating the severity of a stressor and classifying it as either a threat or a challenge. | 52 | |
| 3988083215 | secondary appraisal | The second step in assessing a threat, which involves estimating the resources available to the person for coping with the stressor. | 53 | |
| 3988083216 | Type A | Friedman and Rosenman's term for competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people | 54 | |
| 3988083217 | Type B | Friedman and Rosenman's term for easygoing, relaxed people | 55 | |
| 3988083219 | Type c | A person who suppresses anger and feels hopeless has characteristics of which personality type? | 56 | |
| 3988083220 | hardy personality | a personality type that seems able to stay healthy despite major or even traumatic stressors | 57 | |
| 3988083221 | pessimists | People who expect negative outcomes. | 58 | |
| 3988083222 | optimists | Person who holds the belief or the doctrine of optimism. | 59 | |
| 3988083223 | acculturative stress | stress resulting from the need to change and adapt a person's ways to the majority culture | 60 | |
| 3988083224 | problem focused coping | attempting to alleviate stress directly by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor | 61 | |
| 3988083225 | emotion focused coping | attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to one's stress reaction | 62 | |
| 3988083226 | psychological defense mechanisms | Originally suggested by Freud, a psychological distortion of reality serving to defend against personally unacceptable thoughts or urges. | 63 |
