Motivation

Question 1

Instinct

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Task leadership

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Organizational Psychology

Answer 3

A subfield of IO psychology that examines organizational influences on worker satisfaction and productivity and facilitates organizational change

Question 4

Bulimia Nervosa

Answer 4

An eating disorder characterized by episodes of overeating, usually followed by vomiting, laxative use, fasting or excessive exercise

Question 5

Incentive

Answer 5

A positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior

Question 6

Industrial Organizational Psychology

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Testosterone

Answer 7

The most important of the males sex hormones. Both males and females have it, but the additional testosterone in males stimulates the growth of the male sex organs in the fetus and the development of the male sex characteristics during puberty

Question 8

Homeostasis

Answer 8

A tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state

Question 9

Achievement motivation

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Social leadership

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Set point

Answer 11

The point at which an individual’s “weight thermostat” is supposedly set. When the body falls below this weight, an increase in hunger and a lowered metabolic rate may act to restore the lost weight

Question 12

Sexual Response Cycle

Answer 12

The four stages of sexual responding described by Masters and Johnson (Excitement, Plateau, Orgasm & Resolution)

Question 13

Refractory Period

Answer 13

A resting period after orgasm, during which a man cannot achieve another orgasm

Question 14

Flow

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Motivation

Answer 15

A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior

Question 16

Sexual Disorder

Answer 16

A problem that consistently impairs sexual arousal or functioning

Question 17

Hierarchy of Needs

Answer 17

Maslow’s pyramid of human needs, beginning at the base with physiological needs that must first be satisfied before higher-level safety needs and then psychological needs become active

Question 18

Anorexia Nervosa

Answer 18

An eating disorder in which a normal-weight person diets and becomes significantly underweight, yet, still feeling fat, continues to starve

Question 19

Drive Reduction Theory

Answer 19

The idea that a physiological need creates an aroused tension state (a drive) that motivates an organism to satisfy the need

Question 20

Basal Metabolic Rate

Answer 20

The body’s resting rate of energy expenditure

Question 21

Personnel Psychology

Answer 21

A subfield of IO psychology that focuses on employee recruitment, selection, placement, training, appraisal and development

Question 22

Structured interviews

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Sexual Orientation

Answer 23

An enduring sexual attraction toward member of either one’s own sex or the opposite sex

Question 24

Glucose

Answer 24

The form of sugar that circulates in the blood and provides the major source of energy for body tissues

Question 25

Estrogen

Answer 25

A sex hormone, secreted in greater amounts by females than by males. In nonhuman female mammals, estrogen levels peak during ovulation, promoting sexual receptivity