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motivation
Ans: a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior
instinct
Ans: a complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species
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and is unlearned
drive-reduction theory
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Ans: the idea that a physiological need creates an aroused tension state
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(a drive) that motivates an organism to satisfy the need
Homeostasis
Ans: 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
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
glucose
Ans: 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.
set point
Ans: the point at which an individual's "weight thermostat" is supposedly
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set. When the body falls below this weight, an increase in hunger and a
lowered metabolic rate may act to restore the lost weight.
basic metabolic rate
Ans: the body's resting rate of energy expenditure
anorexia nervosa
Ans: an eating disorder in which an irrational fear of weight gain leads
people to starve themselves
bulemia nervosa
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Ans: binge eating with subsequent purging, body image distortion
binge eating disorder
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Ans: significant binge-eating episodes, followed by distress, disgust, or
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guilt, but without the compensatory purging, fasting, or excessive
exercise that marks bulimia nervosa
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: A sex hormone, secreted in greater amounts by females than by
males. In nonhuman female mammals, estrogen levels peak during
ovulation, promoting sexual receptivity.
Testosterone
Ans: the most important of the male sex hormones. Both males and
females have it, but the additional testosterone in males stimulates the
growth of the male sex organs in the fetus and the development of the
male sex characteristics during puberty
sexual orientation
Ans: an enduring sexual attraction toward members of either one's own
sex (homosexual orientation) or the other sex (heterosexual orientation)
ap psych unit 8 Questions and
Answers (100% Correct Answers)
Already Graded A+
motivation
Ans: a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior
instinct
Ans: a complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species
© 2026 Assignment
and is unlearned
drive-reduction theory
Guru01 - Stuvia
Ans: the idea that a physiological need creates an aroused tension state
Expert
(a drive) that motivates an organism to satisfy the need
Homeostasis
Ans: 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
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
glucose
Ans: 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.
set point
Ans: the point at which an individual's "weight thermostat" is supposedly
, 2
set. When the body falls below this weight, an increase in hunger and a
lowered metabolic rate may act to restore the lost weight.
basic metabolic rate
Ans: the body's resting rate of energy expenditure
anorexia nervosa
Ans: an eating disorder in which an irrational fear of weight gain leads
people to starve themselves
bulemia nervosa
© 2026 Assignment
Ans: binge eating with subsequent purging, body image distortion
binge eating disorder
Guru01 - Stuvia
Ans: significant binge-eating episodes, followed by distress, disgust, or
Expert
guilt, but without the compensatory purging, fasting, or excessive
exercise that marks bulimia nervosa
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: A sex hormone, secreted in greater amounts by females than by
males. In nonhuman female mammals, estrogen levels peak during
ovulation, promoting sexual receptivity.
Testosterone
Ans: the most important of the male sex hormones. Both males and
females have it, but the additional testosterone in males stimulates the
growth of the male sex organs in the fetus and the development of the
male sex characteristics during puberty
sexual orientation
Ans: an enduring sexual attraction toward members of either one's own
sex (homosexual orientation) or the other sex (heterosexual orientation)
