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| 722661153 | Instinct Theory | A complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is unlearned | |
| 722661154 | Drive-Reduction Theory | The idea that a physiological need creates an aroused tension state [a drive] that motivates an organism to satisfy the need | |
| 722661155 | Homeostasis | A tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state; the regulation of any aspect or body chemistry, such as blood glucose, around a particular level | |
| 722661156 | Yerkes-Dodson Arousal Theory | The theory stating that we are motivated by our innate desire to maintain an optimal level of arousal. | |
| 722661157 | Abraham Maslow & Hierarchy of Needs | Maslow's pyramid of human needs, beginning at the base with physiological needs that must first be satisfied before higher-level safety needs and then psychological needs become active | |
| 722661158 | Physiological of Hunger | We need energy (calories) to fuel our bodies.The complex chain of events in the brain is not yet fully understood. The hypothalamus is important. | |
| 722664795 | Glucose | The form of sugar that circulates in the blood and provides the major source of energy for body tissues. When its level is low, we feel hunger. | |
| 722664796 | Lateral Hypothalamus vs. Ventromedial Hypothalamus | LH - Brings hunger VH - Depresses hunger | |
| 722664797 | Set Point | The point at which an individual's "weight thermostat" is supposedly set. When the body falls below this weight, and increase in hunger and a lowered metabolic rate may act to restore the lost weight | |
| 722664798 | Basal Metabolic Rate | The body's resting rate of energy expenditure | |
| 722664799 | Anorexia Nervosa | An eating disorder in which a person [usually an adolescent female] diets and becomes significantly [15 percent or more] underweight, yet, still feeling fat. continues to starve | |
| 722664800 | Bulimia Nervosa | An eating disorder characterized by episodes of overeating, usually of high-calorie foods, followed by vomiting, laxative use, fasting, or excessive exercise | |
| 722674037 | Sexual Response Cycle | The four stages of sexual responding described by Masters and Johnson-excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution | |
| 722674038 | Excitement Stage | Initial arousal stage of the sexual response pattern | |
| 722674039 | Plateau Phase | Leveling off of arousal immediately before orgasm | |
| 722674040 | Orgasm Phase | Phase in human sexual response marked by involuntary rhythmic contractions in the muscles of genitals in both men and women | |
| 722674041 | Resolution Phase | Phase in human sexual response following orgasm, in which people report relaxation and a sense of well-being | |
| 722674042 | Refractory Period | A resting period after orgasm, during which a man can not achieve another orgasm | |
| 722674043 | Theories of Emotion | Emotions are a mix of 1) Physiological activation, 2) Expressive behaviors, and 3) Conscious experience | |
| 722674044 | James-Lange Theory | The theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli | |
| 722674045 | Feel-good, Do-good phenomenon | People's tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood | |
| 722674046 | Cannon-Bard Theory | The theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers (1) physiological responses and (2) the subjective experience of emotion | |
| 722674047 | Han Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome | Selye's concept of the body's adaptive response to stress in three phases-alarm, resistance, exhaustion | |
| 722674048 | Schachter's Two-Factor Theory | Suggests that the emotions we feel depend on our appraisal of both our internal physical state and the external situation in which we find ourselves | |
| 722674049 | Catharsis | Emotional release. The catharsis hypothesis maintains that "releasing" aggressive energy [through action or fantasy] relieves aggressive urges | |
| 722674050 | Type A | Friedman and Rosenman's terms for competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people | |
| 722674051 | Type B | Friedman and Rosenman's term for easygoing, relaxed people |
