Motivation Theories and Body Weight

Wants or needs that direct behavior toward some goal.

Motivation based on internal feelings rather than external rewards.

Motivation that arises from external factors or rewards.

<p>Species-specific pattern of behavior that is unlearned.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Deviations from homeostasis create physiological needs that result in psychological drive states that direct behavior to meet the need.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pattern of behavior in which we regularly engage.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Simple tasks are performed best when arousal levels are relatively high, while complex tasks are best performed when arousal is lower.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Spectrum of needs ranging from basic biological needs to social needs to self-actualization.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Satisfaction/fullness.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fat satiety hormone.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Amount of energy expended in a given period of time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Each individual has an ideal body weight, or set point, which is resistant to change.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When someone weighs more than what is generally accepted as healthy for a given height.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An adult with a BMI (body mass index) of 25-29.9.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An adult with a BMI of 30 and above.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Being so overweight you have a high risk of death, BMI above 40.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Body mass index.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Weight reduction done by modifying the gastrointestinal system to reduce food intake.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A genetic disorder that results in persistent feelings of intense hunger and reduced rates of metabolism.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Type of eating disorder characterized by binge eating followed by purging.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Type of eating disorder characterized by binge eating and associated distress.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Eating disorder characterized by maintaining body weight well below average through starvation and/or excessive exercise.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Individuals view themselves as overweight even though they are not.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Maladaptive &amp; persistent eating behaviors that negatively impact health.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Limbic system structures such as the amygdala and nucleus accumbens.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Men and women have different strategies regarding mating due to different adaptive problems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Androgens, specifically testosterone.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Oestrogen, specifically estradiol.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Emotional and erotic attraction toward another individual.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To categorize an individual's sexual orientation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A period that follows an orgasm during which an individual is incapable of experiencing another orgasm.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An attempt to make bodies look more like the opposite sex.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Subjective state of being that we describe as our feelings in response to something.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Physiological arousal, psychological appraisal, and subjective experience.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Emotions arise from physiological arousal.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Physiological arousal and emotional experience occur at the same time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Emotions consist of two factors: physiological and cognitive.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lie detector test that measures physiological arousal as individuals answer questions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Our emotions are determined by our appraisal of the stimulus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Associated with emotion and memory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Activation of the sympathetic nervous system and involvement in emotional reactions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sensory relay center projecting to the amygdala and cortical regions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Processing emotional information and sending it to cortical structures.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Emotional experience with cognition.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Classical conditioning and attaching emotional value to memory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Attention and autonomic nervous and endocrine systems' activity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Response of the body to any demand, regardless of positive or negative.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A process whereby an individual perceives and responds to overwhelming or threatening events.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Judgment about the degree of potential harm or threat from a stressor.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Judgment of options available to cope with a stressor.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A subfield of psychology focused on the importance of psychological influences on health.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hans Selye's three-stage model of physiological reactions to stress.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Physical disorders worsened by stress and emotional factors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Decreased effectiveness of the immune system.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The field that studies psychological factors' influence on the immune system.</p> Signup and view all the answers