Motivation Week 3.2: Understanding Motivation and Its Components

To survive, an organism needs to maintain precise levels of ______ and warmth.

The signal that is sent to the organism when its levels of nutrition and warmth depart from an optimal point is called a ______.

Rapid travel that causes major time shifts of ______ hours or more can cause very slow adaptation.

According to the incentive theory, behavior is motivated by the pull of external ______.

Abraham Maslow organized the list of human ______ in a meaningful way in 1954.

According to Maslow, people are more likely to experience a need when the ______ below it are met.

People with anorexia nervosa have a distorted ______ image

Society's emphasis on ______ in women has contributed to the rise of eating disorders

An eating disorder characterized by an intense fear of being ______ is anorexia nervosa

40% of newly identified cases of anorexia are among women ______ to 19 years old

Certain ______ vulnerabilities may increase the tendency to develop eating disorders

People with anorexia tend to have a severe ______ of food intake

Chemical imbalances in the nervous systems that control ______ and digestion

Serotonin is decreased, representing a link between ______ and eating disorders

Many young women with eating disorders come from families that demand ‘perfection’ and extreme ______-control

Psychological motivations can be as powerful as our ______ motivations

Psychological motivations vary on two key dimensions: ______ versus intrinsic

An ______ motivation is a motivation to take actions that are themselves rewarding

When we eat our favorite food because it tastes ______, exercise because it feels ______, or listen to music because it sounds ______, we are intrinsically motivated.

Extrinsic motivation is a motivation to take actions that lead to ______.

Conscious motivations are motivations of which people are ______.

Our ability to engage in behaviors that are unrewarding in the present because we believe they will bring greater ______ in the future is one of our species' most significant talents.

The ability to delay ______, people are typically faced with a choice between getting something they want right now or waiting and getting more of what they want later.

The ______ test: can children learn self-control?

Motivation is an influence that triggers, directs or maintains ______ behaviour.

The decision to initiate a behavior is known as ______.

According to the hedonic principle, people are motivated to ______ pleasure.

Persistence is the continued effort toward a goal even though ______ may exist.

Intensity is the ______ that goes into pursuing a goal.

Motivation is not a ______ trait, and everyone is capable of being motivated.