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Chapter 11: Motivation and Work Flashcards

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Motivation

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A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior

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Instinct

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A complex behavior 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 arousal tension state (a 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 consent internal states

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Glucose

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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

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Set Point

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Point at which an individual’s weight thermostat is supposedly set. When the body falls below this weight, it attempts to restore lost weight

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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 4 stages of sexual responding described by Masters and Johnson- excitement, plateau, orgasm, and 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 Disorders

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A problem that consistently impairs sexual arousal or functioning

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Testosterone

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Most important of male sex hormones. Both males and females have it… stimulates the growth of male sex hormones

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Estrogen

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Sex hormones… secreted in greater amounts by females than males and contributing to female sex characteristics

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Flow

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A completely involved, focused state of consciousness, without awareness of self and time, resulting from optimal engagement

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Achievement Motivation

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A desire for significant accomplishment; for mastery of skills or ideas; for rapidly attaining a high standard

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Task Leadership

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A goal oriented leadership that sets standards, organizes work, and focuses attention on goals

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Human Factor

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A subfield of industrial organization psychology that explores how people and machines interact and how machines/psychology can be safe to use

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Instinct Theory

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Link to Darwin- instincts control our motivation

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Sensation Seekers

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Tendency to pursue exciting activities

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Physiological, safety, love, self actualization, self transcendence

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Needs according to Abraham Maslow

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Hunger

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Biological need to eat food

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Insulin

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Chemical that breaks down sugar in the blood

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Blood sugar

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Amount of sugar in the blood

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Lateral Hypothalamus

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Brings on hunger- produces orexin

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Ventral Hypothalamus

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Depresses hunger

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Ghrelin

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Increases hunger

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PY

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Digestive tract hormone that suppresses hunger

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Orexin

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Hormone that increases hunger (released when body senses low glucose levels

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Settling Point

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Where a weight settles in response to calorie intake

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Leptin

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Hormone from the hypothalamus that decreases hunger

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Carbohydrates

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Main source of energy

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Neophobia

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Fear of anything new/unfamiliar

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Social Facilitation

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How much a person’s behavior is affected by other people

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Unit Bias

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The portions served affect amount of food eaten

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Food Variety

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Different types of food

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Obesity

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Being overweight

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Metabolism

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How fast one’s stomach can digest food

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Twinkie Taxx

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Debate over taxing fast food

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Sexual Motivation

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Desire to have sex

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Excitement Phase

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Process of getting ready for sex

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Plateau Phase

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Possible cause of teen pregnancy (premature ejaculation), after excitement phase

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Orgasm

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Sperm released/ ‘pleasurable feeling’

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Erectile Dysfunction

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Inability to get or maintain an erection

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Premature Ejaculation

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Sperm that appears before orgasm

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Orgasmic Dysfunction

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Pain or inability to have/with having an orgasm

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Viagra

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A pill to help male’s with erectile dysfunction

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Menopause

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When a woman stops having her period

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Birth Control

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Condoms, spermicide, pills, anything that prevents pregnancy

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STDs

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Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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STIs

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Sexually Transmitted Infections

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Sexual Orientation

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Attraction to either males or females

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Asexual

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Having no interest in sex

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Fraternal Birth-Order Effect

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1% increase per male older sibling being gay

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Gay Fruit Fly

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Fruit fly who was breed to be gay

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Urge to community

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We as humans have an urge to inceract

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Social Animal

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Said by Socrates, we as humans want to interact

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Ubunto

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We work together as humans

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Ostracism

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Being socially outcast

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Narcissism

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State of being self-obsessed

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Cyber Bullied

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Bullying online; uses technology

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Grit

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Motivation

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