Chapter 11: Motivation and Work Flashcards
Motivation
A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior
Instinct
A complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is unlearned
Drive Reduction Theory
The idea that a physiological need creates an arousal tension state (a drive) that motivates an organism to satisfy the need
Homeostasis
A tendency to maintain a balanced or consent internal states
Glucose
The form of sugar that circulates in blood and provides the major source of energy for body tissues. A decrease in this glucose creates hunger
Set Point
Point at which an individual’s weight thermostat is supposedly set. When the body falls below this weight, it attempts to restore lost weight
Basal Metabolic Rate
The body’s resting rate of energy expenditure
Sexual Response Cycle
The 4 stages of sexual responding described by Masters and Johnson- excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution
Refractory Period
A resting period after orgasm, during which a man cannot achieve another orgasm
Sexual Disorders
A problem that consistently impairs sexual arousal or functioning
Testosterone
Most important of male sex hormones. Both males and females have it… stimulates the growth of male sex hormones
Estrogen
Sex hormones… secreted in greater amounts by females than males and contributing to female sex characteristics
Flow
A completely involved, focused state of consciousness, without awareness of self and time, resulting from optimal engagement
Achievement Motivation
A desire for significant accomplishment; for mastery of skills or ideas; for rapidly attaining a high standard
Task Leadership
A goal oriented leadership that sets standards, organizes work, and focuses attention on goals
Human Factor
A subfield of industrial organization psychology that explores how people and machines interact and how machines/psychology can be safe to use
Instinct Theory
Link to Darwin- instincts control our motivation
Sensation Seekers
Tendency to pursue exciting activities
Physiological, safety, love, self actualization, self transcendence
Needs according to Abraham Maslow
Hunger
Biological need to eat food
Insulin
Chemical that breaks down sugar in the blood
Blood sugar
Amount of sugar in the blood
Lateral Hypothalamus
Brings on hunger- produces orexin
Ventral Hypothalamus
Depresses hunger