Ch 9 Vocab Flashcards
The force that moves people to behave, think, and feel as they do
Motivation
For every activity, there is optimal level of energy appropriate for that activity
Yerkes-Dodson law
Motivation to develop to our fullest potential
Self actualization
Stomach contractions
Gastric signals
What is in our blood
Glucose, insulin, leptin
Iniation of hunger and eating
Lateral hypothalamus
Cessation of hunger and eating
Ventromedial hypothalamus
Self efficiency, mastery, expectations
Competence
Warm relations with others, need to belong
Relatedness
Independence and self reliance
Autonomy
Organismic needs and enjoyable
Intrinsic motivation
Incentives (rewards, punishments)
Extrinsic motivation
The process by which an organism controls behavior to pursue important objectives
Self regulation
Direction of erotic interest
Sexual orientation
A feeling or affect that can involve physiological arousal, conscious experience, and behavioral expression
Emotion