Myers Psychology for AP 2e - Unit 08
Questions And Answers 100% Correct
motivation a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p.
390)
instinct a complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is unlearned. (Myers
Psychology for AP 2e p. 391)
drive-reduction theory the idea that a physiological need creates an aroused tension state (a drive)
that motivates an organism to satisfy the need. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 391)
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. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e
p. 391)
incentive a positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior. (Myers
Psychology for AP 2e p. 392)
Yerkes-Dodson law the principle that performance increases with arousal only up to a point,
beyond which performance decreases.(Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 392)
, Myers Psychology for AP 2e - Unit 08
Questions And Answers 100% Correct
hierarchy of needs 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. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 393)
glucose the form of sugar that circulates in the blood and provides the major source of energy for
body tissues. When its level is low, we feel hunger. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 397)
set point 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. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 398)
basal metabolic rate the body's resting rate of energy expenditure. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p.
398)
sexual response cycle the four stages of sexual responding described by Masters and Johnson—
excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 406)
refractory period (2) a resting period after orgasm, during which a man cannot achieve another.
(Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 407)
Questions And Answers 100% Correct
motivation a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p.
390)
instinct a complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is unlearned. (Myers
Psychology for AP 2e p. 391)
drive-reduction theory the idea that a physiological need creates an aroused tension state (a drive)
that motivates an organism to satisfy the need. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 391)
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. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e
p. 391)
incentive a positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior. (Myers
Psychology for AP 2e p. 392)
Yerkes-Dodson law the principle that performance increases with arousal only up to a point,
beyond which performance decreases.(Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 392)
, Myers Psychology for AP 2e - Unit 08
Questions And Answers 100% Correct
hierarchy of needs 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. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 393)
glucose the form of sugar that circulates in the blood and provides the major source of energy for
body tissues. When its level is low, we feel hunger. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 397)
set point 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. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 398)
basal metabolic rate the body's resting rate of energy expenditure. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p.
398)
sexual response cycle the four stages of sexual responding described by Masters and Johnson—
excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution. (Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 406)
refractory period (2) a resting period after orgasm, during which a man cannot achieve another.
(Myers Psychology for AP 2e p. 407)
