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AP PSYCH UNIT 8 TERMS QUESTIONS WITH RIGHT ANSWERS.
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AP PSYCH UNIT 8 TERMS QUESTIONSWITH RIGHT ANSWERS.
motivation ANS - a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior
instinct ANS - a complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is unlearned
drive-reduction theory ANS - the idea that a physiological need creates an aroused tension state (a
drive) that motivates an organism to satisfy the need
homeostasis ANS - tendency to maintain a balanced/constant internal state; the regulation of any
aspect of body chemistry, such as blood glucose, around a particular level
incentive ANS - a positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior
hierarchy of needs ANS - 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, etc.
glucose ANS - the form of sugar that circulates in the blood and provides the major source of energy for
body tissues. low levels = hunger time
set point ANS - 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
sexual response cycle ANS - the four stages of sexual responding described by Masters and Johnson -
excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution
, refractory period ANS - a resting period after orgasm, during which a man cannot achieve another
orgasm
estrogen ANS - sex hormones secreted in greater amounts by females than by males and contributing
to female sex characteristics
testosterone ANS - the most important of the male sex hormones, stimulates the growth of male sex
organs in the fetus
sexual orientation ANS - enduring sexual attraction towards members of either one's own sex
(homosexual orientation) or the other sex (heterosexual orientation)
emotions ANS - psychological responses of the whole organism involving an interplay among
1. physiological arousal
2. expressive behaviors
3. conscious experience
James-Lang theory ANS - maintains that our emotional feelings FOLLOW our body's response to the
emotion-inducing stimuli
Cannon-Bard theory ANS - proposes that our body responds to emotion at the SAME TIME that we
experience emotion (no cause-effect)
Two-Factor theory ANS - holds that our emotions have two ingredients - physical arousal AND cognitive
label
polygraph ANS - a machine, commonly used in attempts to detect lies, that measures several of the
physiological responses accompanying emotion (such as persperation and cardiovascular/breathing
changes)
basal metabolic rate ANS - the body's resting rate of energy expenditure
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