Grogan Psych 2 Motivation

2. 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.
4. to fulfill one's potential
6. to remain stability, remain the same
8. the neural structure located below the thalamus that controls temperature, hunger, thirst, and various aspects of emotion- regulates the feeling of hunger and fullness
9. assumes workers are intrinsically motivated and work for more than money
10. strive and make an effort to reach a goal
11. an eating disorder characterized by episodes of overeating, usually of high-calorie foods, followed by vomiting, laxative use, fasting, or excessive exercise
12. motivation desire to perform a behavior due to promised rewards or threats of punishment
13. workers are basically lazy and extrinsically motivated. Workers are motivated by constant monitoring and need incentives to produce more
17. things that attract or lure people into action

1. the body's base rate of energy
3. an eating disorder characterized by self-starvation and dramatic weight loss; weight is 15% under ideal body weight
5. motivation a desire to perform a behavior effectively for its own sake
7. a desire for significant accomplishment: for mastery of things, people, or ideas; for attaining a high standard
9. performance increases with arousal until a certain point when it begins to decrease
14. Factors that energize direct or sustain behavior
15. hierarchy maslow's arrangement of needs, in which basic survival needs must be met before people can satisfy higher needs
16. a complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is unlearned