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27 Cards in this Set
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Motivation
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A need or desire that energizes and directs behaviour
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Instinct
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A complex behaviour that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is unlearned
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Drive Reduction Theory
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The idea that a physiological need creates an aroused tension state (drive) that motivates an organism to satisfy the need
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Homeostasis
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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
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Incentive
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A positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behaviour
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Hierarchy of needs
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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
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Glucose
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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.
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Set Point
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The point at which an individual's 'weight thermostat' is supposedly set. When the body falls below this weight, an increase in hunger and a lowered metabolic rate may act to restore the lost weight.
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Insulin
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Secreted by the pancreas, controls blood glucose
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Ghrelin & Orexin
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Trigger hunger
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Leptin & PYY
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Decrease Hunger
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Basal Metabolic Rate
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The body's resting rate of energy expenditure
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Sexual response cycle
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The four stages of sexual responding described by Masters and Johnson - excitement plateau orgasm resolution
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Refractory period
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A resting period after orgasm, during which a man cannot achieve another orgasm
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Sexual Disorder
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A problem that consistently impairs sexual arousal or functioning
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Estrogens
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Sex hormones, such as estrodiol, secreted in greater amounts by females than by males and contributing to female characteristics.
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Testosterone
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The most important if the male sex hormones, stimulates growth of male sex organs in fetus/characteristics in puberty
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Sexual Orientation
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An enduring sexual attraction toward members of either one's own sex or the other sex
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Flow
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A completely involved, focused state of consciousness, with diminished awareness of self and time, resulting from optimal engagement of one's skills
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Industrial-Organizational Psychology
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Application of psychological concepts and methods to optimizing human behaviour in workplaces
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Personnel Psychology
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A subfield, that focuses on employee recruitment, selection, placement, development
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Organizational Psychology
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A subfield that examines organizational influences on worker satisfaction and productivity
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Human Factors Psychology
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Subfield that explores how people and machines interact, how they can be made easier
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Structural interviews
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Interview process that asks the same job-relevant questions of all applicants, who are rated on a scale
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Acheivement Motivation
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A desire for significant accomplishment; for mastery of skills or ideas
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Task Leadership
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Goal-oriented Leadership that sets standards, organizes work and focuses attention on goals
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Social Leadership
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Group-oriented leadership that builds teamwork, mediates conflict and offers support.
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