Motivation correct answers A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior
Activation correct answers This is demonstrated by initiation or production of behavior
Persistence correct answers This is demonstrated by continued efforts or determination to achieve a particular goal
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Motivation correct answers A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior
Activation correct answers This is demonstrated by initiation or production of behavior
Persistence correct answers This is demonstrated by continued efforts or determination to
achieve a particular goal
Intensity correct answers This is seen in the greater vigor of responding that usually accompanies
motivated behavior
Drive correct answers Need or internal motivational state; triggered by internal mechanisms of
homeostasis
Drive Theories correct answers Behavior motivated by desire to reduce tension caused by unmet
biological needs and restore homeostasis
Drive State correct answers State created by unmet biological needs
Homeostasis correct answers Body monitors and maintains internal states at relatively constant
levels; our body's natural tendency to maintain a steady internal state
Boredom correct answers When arousal is too low, we experience ____________ and become
motivated to increase arousal
Drive-reduction Theory correct answers Biological needs as motivators
Arousal Theory correct answers Optimal stimulation as a motivator
Incentive Motivation correct answers Goal objects as motivators
Incentive Theory correct answers Behavior is motivated by "pull" of external goals, such as
rewards, money, recognition; based on learning principles
Extrinsic Theory correct answers A desire to perform a behavior to gain a reward or avoid a
punishment
Intrinsic motivation correct answers A desire to perform a behavior well for its own sake
Extrinsic rewards correct answers _____________ ___________ can encourage people to
develop skills needed for intrinsic motivation to occur
Lessens correct answers Providing a reward __________ people's intrinsic motivation to perform
a behavior
, Hierarchy of needs correct answers Human potential as a motivator; Maslow's pyramid of human
needs; at the base physiological needs must be satisfied before higher-level safety needs, and
then psychological needs, become active
Self-transcendence needs correct answers The first level of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs; need
to live up to meaning and identify beyond the self
Self-actualization needs correct answers The second level of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs; need
to live up to our fullest and unique potential
Esteem needs correct answers The third level of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs; need for self-
esteem, achievement, competence, and independence; need for recognition and respect from
others
Belongingness and love needs correct answers The fourth level of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs;
need to love and be loved, to belong and be accepted; need to avoid loneliness and separation
Safety needs correct answers The fifth level of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs; need to feel that
the world is organized and predictable; need to feel safe, secure, and stable
Physiological needs correct answers The sixth level of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs; need to
satisfy hunger and thirst
Maslow's Characteristics of Self-Actualized People correct answers Realism, Acceptance,
Spontaneity, Problem-centering, Autonomy, Continued freshness of appreciation, and Peak
experiences are all part of...
Hunger correct answers Feelings of ________ correspond to stomach contractions
Glucose correct answers A form of sugar; major source of energy; low levels of this will have
you feeling hungry
Ghrelin correct answers Hormone secreted by stomach; high levels of this will have you feeling
hungry
Peptide YY correct answers Hormone secreted by digestive tract; high levels of this will have
you feeling full
Lower levels correct answers Performance peaks at _________ ________ of arousal for difficult
tasks
Higher levels correct answers Performance peaks at _________ ________ of arousal for well-
learned tasks
Abraham Maslow correct answers Believed that people are innately motivated to satisfy a
progression of needs, beginning with the most basic physiological needs
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