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The term describes the factors that direct and energize the behavior of humans and other organisms.
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A(n) is an inborn pattern of behavior that is biologically determined rather than learned.
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A(n) is motivational tension, or arousal, that energized behavior to fulfill a need.
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In , prior experience and learning bring about needs that fulfill no obvious biological need.
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People vary widely in the optimal level of that they seek out, with some people seeking especially high levels.
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Valued external goals that people are motivated to obtain are referred to as .
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Many psychologists believe that the internal drives proposed by drive-reduction theory work in tandem with the external incentives of incentive theory to and behavior, respectively.
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is a state of self-fulfillment in which people realize their highest potentials, each in his or her own unique way.
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Eating and hunger are influenced both by and factors.
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is the rate at which food is converted to energy and expended by the body.
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is a severe eating disorder in which people may refuse to eat while denying that their behavior and appearance—which can become skeleton-like—are unusual.
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Exercising to excess in an attempt to become thinner is an eating disorder known as .
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believe they were born with the body of the other gender.
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A key feature of people with a high need for achievement is that they prefer tasks of risk.
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Most people have a(n) , an interest in establishing and maintaining relationships with other people.
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are feelings that generally have both physiological and cognitive elements and that influence behavior.
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"We feel sorry because we cry, angry because we strike, afraid because we tremble" is consistent with the theory of emotion.
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The Cannon-Bard theory assumes that physiological arousal and emotional experience are produced by a nerve stimulus that emanates from the brain's thalamus.
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The Schachter-Singer theory of emotion emphasizes that we identify the emotion we are experiencing by observing our and comparing ourselves with .
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Emotions are complex phenomena, encompassing both and aspects.
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The , which is assumed to be universally present at birth, is analogous to a computer program that is turned on when a particular emotion is experienced.
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If you want to feel happy, try smiling. That is the implication of an intriguing notion known as the .







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