Across
- 2. dodson law the theory that a degree of psychological arousal helps performance, but only up to a certain point.
- 4. the tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between interdependent elements, especially as maintained by physiological processes.
- 6. the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way.
- 8. a thing that motivates or encourages one to do something.
- 9. a natural instinctive state of mind deriving from one's circumstances, mood, or relationships with others.
- 10. a feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by lack of food, coupled with the desire to eat.
- 12. a natural or intuitive way of acting or thinking.
- 13. maslow humanistic psychologist who developed the hierarchy of needs, stating that some needs take priority over others.
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- 1. the part of your brain that regulates hunger and damage to this area of the brain can cause weight gain due to lack of restraint in eating.
- 3. point a theory that states everyone's body has a genetically determined range of weight and temperature that their body will try to maintain to stay at optimal health.
- 5. motivation behavior that is driven by external rewards such as money, fame, grades, and praise. this type of motivation arises from outside the individual.
- 7. reduction theory need, drive, drive-reducing behaviors.
- 8. motivation refers to behavior that is driven by internal rewards. in other words, the motivation to engage in a behavior arises from within the individual because it is naturally satisfying to you.
- 11. a disease in which the body’s ability to produce or respond to the hormone insulin is impaired, resulting in abnormal metabolism of carbohydrates and elevated levels of glucose in the blood and urine.
- 14. ralston a man who was motivated to cut his arm in order to free himself from a rock that pinned him down.