Chapter 12

Question 0

A complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is unlearned.

Answer 0

Instinct

Question 1

A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior

Answer 1

Motivation

Question 2

The idea that a psychological need creates an aroused tensions state a drive that motivates an organism to satisfy the need

Answer 2

Drive reduction theory

Question 3

Maintain a balanced internal state

Answer 3

Homeostasis

Question 4

A + or - environmental stimulus that motivates behavior

Answer 4

Incentive

Question 5

Not all behaviors are physiological. Curiosity driven behaviors suggest too little or too much stimulation can motivate people to seek optimum level of arousal.

Answer 5

Optimum Arousal Theory

Question 6

Hierarchy of needs

Answer 6

Abraham Maslows

Question 7

Weight thermostat is supposedly at. Our ideal weight.

Answer 7

Set point

Question 8

A problem that consistently impairs sexual arousal or functioning.

Answer 8

Sexual disorders

Question 9

A sex hormone secreted more in women. In animals, this peaks during ovulation and promote sexual receptivity

Answer 9

Estrogen

Question 10

More prominent in males. Stimulates growth of male sex organs

Answer 10

Testosterone

Question 11

An enduring sexual attraction to ones own sex or the other sex.

Answer 11

Sexual orientation

Question 12

Maslows pyramid of human needs, beginning with psychological needs that must be satisfied before the other needs

Answer 12

Hierarchy of needs

Question 13

Form of sugar that circulates in the blood and provides the major source of energy for blood tissues. When it’s level is low we feel hunger

Answer 13

Glucose

Question 14

The body’s resting rate of energy expenditure

Answer 14

Basal metabolic rate

Question 15

An eating disorder where a normal weight person starves themselves and continues to perceive themselves as fat.

Answer 15

Anorexia

Question 16

An eating disorder characterized by episodes of overrating followed by vomiting

Answer 16

Bulimia

Question 17

The four stages of sexual responding described by masters and Johnson - excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution

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Sexual response cycle

Question 18

A resting period after an orgasm where a man cannot achieve another orgasm

Answer 18

Refractory period

Question 19

A completely involved, focused state of consciousness, with diminished awareness of self and time, resulting from optimal engagement of ones skills

Answer 19

Flow

Question 20

The application of psychological concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior and behavior in work places

Answer 20

Industrial organizational psychology

Question 21

A us field of I/O psychology the focuses on employee recruitment, selection, placement, training, appraisal, and development

Answer 21

Personnel psychology

Question 22

A sub field of I/O psychology that examines organizational influences on worker satisfaction and productivity and facilitates organizational charge.

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Organizational psychology

Question 23

Interview process that asks the same job relevant questions of all applicants, each of whom is rated on established scales

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Structured interviews

Question 24

A desire for significant accomplishment; for mastery of things, people, or ideas- for attaining a high standard

Answer 24

Achievement motivation

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Task leadership

Question 26

Group oriented leadership that builds teamwork, mediates conflict, and offers support

Answer 26

Social leadership

Question 27

He launched a controversial sex studies program and analyzed his findings in the book Sexual Behavior in the Human Male.

Answer 27

Alfred Kinsey