Chapter 8 Motivation and Emotion: Module 25

Question 1

Obesity

Answer 1

Body weight that is more than 20% above the average weight for a person of a particular height.

Question 2

Weight set point

Answer 2

The particular level of weight that the body strives to maintain.

Question 3

Metabolism

Answer 3

The rate at which food is converted to energy and expended by the body.

Question 4

Anorexia Nervosa

Answer 4

A severe eating disorder in which people may refuse to eat while denying that their behavior and appearance-which can become skeleton like- are unusual.

Question 5

Bulimia

Answer 5

A disorder in which a person binges on large quantities of food, followed by efforts to purge the food through vomiting or other means.

Question 6

Adrogens

Answer 6

Male sex hormones secreted by the testes.

Question 7

Genitals

Answer 7

The male and female sex organs.

Question 8

Estrogens

Answer 8

Class of female hormones.

Question 9

Progesterone

Answer 9

A female sex hormone secreted by the ovaries.

Question 10

Ovulation

Answer 10

The point at which an egg is released from ovaries.

Question 11

Masturbation

Answer 11

Sexual self-stimulation

Question 12

Heterosexuality

Answer 12

Sexual attraction and behavior to the other sex.

Question 13

Double standard

Answer 13

The view that premarital sex is permissible for males but not for females.

Question 14

Extramarital sex

Answer 14

Sexual activity between a married person and someone who is not his or her spouse.

Question 15

Homosexuals

Answer 15

Persons who are sexually attracted to members of their own sex

Question 16

Bisexuals

Answer 16

Persons who are sexually attracted to people of the same sex and other sex.

Question 17

Transsexuals

Answer 17

Persons who believe they were born with the body of the other gender

Question 18

Need for achievement

Answer 18

A stable, learned characteristic in which a person obtains satisfaction by striving for and attaining a level of excellence.

Question 19

Need for affiliation

Answer 19

An interest in establishing and maintaining relationships with other people.

Question 20

Need for power

Answer 20

A tendency to seek impact, control, or influence over others, and to be seen as a powerful individual.