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| 5881137239 | motivation | a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior. | 0 | |
| 5881573777 | instinct | a complex behavior that is rigidly patterned through a species and is unlearned | 1 | |
| 5881641639 | instinct theory | focuses on genetically predisposed behaviors | 2 | |
| 5881641640 | drive | an aroused, motivated state | 3 | |
| 5881649964 | drive-reduction theory | focuses on how our inner pushes and our external pulls interact | 4 | |
| 5881652013 | homeostasis | a tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state | 5 | |
| 5881652014 | incentives | a positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior | 6 | |
| 5881653098 | optimum arousal theory | focuses on finding the right level of stimulation | 7 | |
| 5881653645 | Abraham Maslow | self-transcendence, self-actualization, self-esteem, love & belongingness, safety, and physiological needs. | 8 | |
| 5881654049 | 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 | 9 | |
| 5881655168 | A.L. Washburn and Walter Cannon | american physiologists, experimented on hunger. their tests demonstrate that stomach contractions(pangs) send signals to the brain making us aware of our hunger | 10 | |
| 5881655169 | glucose | the form of sugar that circulates in the blood and provides the major source of energy for body tissues | 11 | |
| 5881655838 | insulin | A protein hormone secreted by the pancreas that is essential for the metabolism of carbohydrates and the regulation of glucose levels in the blood. | 12 | |
| 5881656346 | hypothalamus | A neural structure lying below the thalamus; it directs several maintenance activities (eating, drinking, body temperature), helps govern the endocrine system via the pituitary gland, and is linked to emotion and reward. | 13 | |
| 5881656347 | lateral hypothalamus | The part of the hypothalamus that produces hunger signals | 14 | |
| 5881656859 | orexin | hunger-triggering hormone secreted by the hypothalamus | 15 | |
| 5881659568 | ventromedial hypothalamus | The part of the hypothalamus that produces feelings of fullness as opposed to hunger, and causes one to stop eating. | 16 | |
| 5881659569 | ghrelin | hormone secreted by empty stomach; sends "I'm hungry" signals to the brain | 17 | |
| 5881660071 | obestatin | secreted by stomach, sends full signals to brain | 18 | |
| 5881660072 | leptin | hormone that signals the hypothalamus and brain stem to reduce appetite and increase the amount of energy used | 19 | |
| 5881662846 | PYY | digestive tract hormone; sends "I'm not hungry" signals to the brain | 20 | |
| 5881662847 | set point | the point at which an individual's "weight thermostat" is supposedly set | 21 | |
| 5881663717 | basal metabolic rate | the body's resting rate of energy expenditure | 22 | |
| 5881663718 | settling point | the level at which a person's weight settles in response to caloric intake and expenditure | 23 | |
| 5881665449 | neophobia | dislike(/fear) of things unfamiliar | 24 | |
| 5881667041 | social facilitation | the presence of others tends to amplify our natural behavior tendencies | 25 | |
| 5881667505 | unit bias | the tendency for individuals to want to complete a unit of a given item or task | 26 | |
| 5881667863 | anorexia nervosa | An eating disorder in which a normal-weight person diets and becomes significantly underweight, yet, still feeling fat, continues to starve. |  | 27 |
| 5881668948 | bulimia nervosa | An eating disorder characterized by episodes of overeating, usually of high-calorie foods, followed by vomiting, laxative use, fasting, or excessive exercise. |  | 28 |
| 5881669462 | 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 |  | 29 |
| 5881670445 | biological influences on eating disorders | genetics may influence susceptibility to eating disorders | 30 | |
| 5881671440 | cultural influences on eating disorders | body ideals vary across culture and time | 31 | |
| 5881772533 | obesity and weight control | fat is an ideal form of stored energy - a high-calorie fuel reserve to carry the body through periods where food was scarce - a common occurrence in the feast-or-famine existence of our prehistoric ancestors | 32 | |
| 5884863525 | social effects of obesity | obesity can also be socially toxic, by affecting both how you are treated and how you feel about yourself | 33 | |
| 5884867733 | fat cells | Energy reserves are stored in the skin as... the immediate determinants of body fat are the size and number of fat cells | 34 | |
| 5884872197 | set point and metabolism | once we become fat, we require less food to maintain our weight than we did to attain it | 35 | |
| 5884873713 | genetic factors | some genes might influences when our intestines signal "full", with others dictating how efficiently we burn calories or convert extra calories to fat | 36 | |
| 5884876318 | food and activity factors | children and adults who skimp on sleep are more vulnerable to obesity | 37 | |
| 5884879826 | social influence | people were/are more likely to become obese when a friend became/becomes obese | 38 | |
| 5884879827 | heritability | the extent to which differences in a trait can be attributed to our genetic makeup is important in trying to understand human behavior | 39 | |
| 5884881902 | losing weight | having lost weight, formerly obese people look normal, but their fat cells may be abnormally small, their metabolism slowed, and their minds obsessed with food | 40 | |
| 5884885331 | masters and johnson | Sexual response cycle became the most famous sex researchers since Alfred Kinsley by studying couples in the act of lovemaking. studied physiological responses of sexual intercourse |  | 41 |
| 5884886845 | sexual response cycle | the 4 stages of sexual responding described by masters and johnson |  | 42 |
| 5884887910 | excitement phase | during the initial......, the genital areas become engorged with blood, a woman's vagina expands and secretes lubricant, her breasts and nipples may enlarge |  | 43 |
| 5884890167 | plateau phase | excitement peaks as breathing, pulse, and blood pressure rates continue to increase | 44 | |
| 5884893529 | orgasm | muscle contractions all over the body; these were accompanied by further increases in breathing, pulse, and blood pressure rates | 45 | |
| 5884894567 | resolution phase | engorged genitals release blood. male goes through refractory phase. women resolve faster |  | 46 |
| 5884896189 | refractory period | a resting period after orgasm, during which a man cannot achieve another orgasm |  | 47 |
| 5884900906 | estrogen | sex hormones secreted in greater amounts by females than by males and contributing to female sex characteristics |  | 48 |
| 5884900907 | testosterone | A male sex hormone produced by the testes; women secrete smaller amounts of testosterone from the adrenal cortex and ovary. |  | 49 |
| 5884902631 | external stimuli | it is common knowledge that men become sexually aroused when browsing See, hear, or read erotic material | 50 | |
| 5884905493 | imagined stimuli | the brain is the most significant sex organ, imagination can influence sexual arousal and desire | 51 | |
| 5884909318 | 5 factors of teen pregnancy | 1. ignorance 2. minimal communication about birth control 3. guilt related to sexual activity 4. alcohol use 5. mass media norms of unprotected promiscuity | 52 | |
| 5884913689 | sexually transmitted diseases | factors that reduce sexual activity in teens; also called (STI's) sexually transmitted infections | 53 | |
| 5884916194 | 4 factors of teen restraint | 1. high intelligence 2. religious engagement 3. father presence 4. participation in service learning programs | 54 | |
| 5884918349 | sexual orientation | an enduring sexual attraction toward members of either one's own sex (homosexual orientation) or the other sex (heterosexual orientation) | 55 | |
| 5884930284 | erotic plasticity | the degree to which one's sex drive can be changed by cultural or social factors | 56 | |
| 5884935003 | sexual orientation stats | about 3 or 4% of men and 1 or 2% of women | 57 | |
| 5884937496 | fraternal birth-order effect | refers to an increase in the probability that a male will prefer a homosexual orientation with each older brother he has | 58 | |
| 5884939832 | same sex attraction in animals | some degree of homosexuality seems to be a natural part of the animal word | 59 | |
| 5884946993 | brain hemispheric differences in sexual orientation | brains differ with sexual orientation | 60 | |
| 5884952225 | hypothalamic differences in sexual orientation | it is more likely that brain anatomy influences sexual orientation | 61 | |
| 5884961696 | genetic differences in sexual orientation | shared sexual orientation is higher among identical twins than among fraternal twins | 62 | |
| 5884968111 | prenatal hormones and sexual orientation | altered prenatal hormone exposure may lead to homosexuality in humans and other animals | 63 | |
| 5884973075 | need to belong/affiliative motive | people are social beings who have a need to belong to a group, to love others, and to be loved | 64 | |
| 5884973076 | ostracism | social exclusion; being deliberately left out of a group or social setting by exclusion or rejection | 65 | |
| 5884976139 | anterior cingulate cortex | the part of the brain located in the middle of the frontal lobe; at the front of the corpus callosum | 66 | |
| 5884979923 | approach-approach conflict | describes the situation where a person is trying to make a choice between two different desirable options | 67 | |
| 5884985581 | approach-avoidance conflicts | involves making decisions about situations that have both positive and negative ramifications | 68 | |
| 5884988339 | avoidance-avoidance conflict | refers to making a decision between two equally undesirable choices | 69 | |
| 5884991772 | multiple approach-avoidance conflict | describes the internal mental debate that weighs the pros and cons of differing situations that have both good and bad elements | 70 |
