PSYCH 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sympathetic Nervous System, Motivation, Sensation Seeking
15 Dec 2018
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Motivation: a psychological process that directs and maintains behavior towards a goal. Instinct: complex, inherited behavior patterns characteristic of a species that is unlearned. Imprinting: an attachment to the first moving thing seen or heard after birth (for birds). Drive-reduction theory: the idea that a physiological need creates an aroused tension state (a drive) that motivates an organism to satisfy the need. Homeostasis: a tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state; the regulation of any aspect of body chemistry, such as blood glucose, around a particular level. Desire: something that is wanted, but not needed. Primary drive: drives that are innate such as hunger, thirst, and sex. Secondary drive: drives that are learned through conditioning such as working for money. Arousal: the level of alertness, wakefulness, an activation caused by activity in the cns. Yerkes-dodson law: people perform best at a moderate level of arousal. Sensation seeking: searching for a certain level of sympathetic nervous system of arousal.
