Chapter 12 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 psychological need creates an aroused tensions state a drive that motivates an organism to satisfy the need
Homeostasis
Maintain a balanced internal state
Incentives
A positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior
Optimal Arousal Theory
Not all behaviors are psychological. Curiosity driven behaviors suggest too little or too much stimulation can motivate people to seek optimal level of arousal
Anorexia Nervosa
An eating disorder where a normal weight person starves themselves and continues to perceive themselves as fat
Abraham Maslow
Hierarchy of needs
Bulimia Nervosa
An eating disorder characterized by episodes of over eating followed by vomiting
Hierarchy of Needs
Maslow’s pyramid of human needs, beginning with psychological needs that must be satisfied before other needs
Alfred Kinsey
Launched a controversial sex studies program and analyzed his findings in the book Sexual Behavior in Human
Male
Sexual Response Cycle
The four stages of sexual responding described by masters and Johnson - excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution
Refractory Period
A resting period after an orgasm where a man cannot achieve another orgasm
Sexual Disorder
A problem that consistently impairs sexual arousal or functioning
Sexual Orientation
An enduring sexual attraction to ones own sec or the other sex
