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Motivation

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Instinct theories   show
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Sociobiological theories   show
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show Drive theory involving staying the same, with a balance to reduce an internal state of tension - like hunger  
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Incentive theory   show
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show States that motivation is internal, usually from feeling satisfaction or fulfillment.  
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Extrinsic motivation   show
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show Extrinsic motivator that includes sleep, hunger, temperature, bathroom  
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show Extrinsic motivator that includes achievement, affiliation, play, dominance  
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Arousal Theory   show
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Overjustification   show
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Lateral hypothalamus   show
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Ventromedial hypothalamus   show
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Paraventricular nucleus   show
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Glucostats   show
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show This hormone must be present to extract glucose from the blood. If non-diabetics obtain a vaccination of this they get hungry  
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Cholecystokinin   show
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show Hormone produced by fat cells that causes receptors to inhibit the release of neuropeptide Y - inhibiting eating  
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show Environmental factor that affects hunger by allowing models to shape eating habits  
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show Environmental factor that affects hunger by associating food with pleasant experiences  
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show Defined as a BMI of above 30 (20% of Americans). Number increasing  
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show How fast one burns off calories. Said to be more genetic than environmental  
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show Natural area of stability in body weight - body monitors fat cells. Size of them changes not number.  
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show States that people on diets think of food more, so they eat more and gain more weight. Researched debatable.  
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show A projective test where one looks at a picture and writes a story about it  
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Projective tests   show
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show Need to associate with others and maintain social bonds.  
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Achievement   show
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Situational factors in achievement   show
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Cognitive, physiological, behavioral   show
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show Subjective conscious experience of emotion - relies on the subject's verbal response  
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Physiological emotion   show
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show Part of body that modulates emotion  
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show Measures increase in electrical conductivity of skin that occurs when one sweats - good measure of autonomic arousal  
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Polygraph machine   show
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show Path through the eyes that sends fear signal to amygdala  
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show Path that sends fear signal to cortex  
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Behavioral emotion   show
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show Six universal emotions  
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Facial feedback hypothesis   show
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Display ruels   show
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show Theory of emotion that says conscious experience of emotion results from one's perception of autonomic arousal (sweat and pulse races, then must be afraid)  
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Cannon Bard   show
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show Theory of emotion that says people look at the situation to determine what emotion they experience - combination of autonomic arousal and cognitive interpretation.  
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Evolutionary theory   show
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