Vocab Unit 9 Flashcards
A condition in which a person reduces eating to the point that a weight loss of 15% below the ideal body weight or more occurs
Anorexia nervosa
And condition in which a person develops a cycle of binging or over eating in Normas amounts of food in one sitting and then using unhealthy methods to avoid weight gain
Bulimia
Theory in which the physiological reaction in the emotion are assumed to occur at the same time
Canon –Bard theory of emotion
A physiological tension and physical arousal arising when there is a need that motivates the organism to ask in order to for fill the need and reduce the tension
Drive
The feeling aspect of conscious characterized by a certain physical arousal a certain behavior that reveals the emotion to the outside world and an inner awareness of feelings
Emotion
Type of motivation in which a person performs an action because it leads to an outcome that is separate from or external to the person
Extrinsic motivation
The biological determined and innate pattern of behavior that exists in both people and animals
Instinct
Type of motivation in which a person performs an action because the act itself is regarding or satisfying in some internal manner
Intrinsic motivation
The process by which activities are started directed and continue so that physical needs or wants are met
Motivation
A requirement of some material such as food or water that is essential for survival of the organism
Need
According to Maslow the point that is seldom reached at which people have sufficiently satisfied the lower needs and achieved their full human potential
Self actualization
Those drives that involve needs of the body
Primary drive
Law stating performance is related to arousal; moderate levels of arousal lead to better performance than two levels of arousal that are too low or too high. This affect varies with the difficulties of the task; easy tasks require a high – moderate level, where as more difficult tasks require a low – moderate level
Yerks Dodson law
Things that attract or Luer people into action
Incentives