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Motive
A reason or purpose for something
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motivation
the influences that account for the initiation, direction, intensity and persistence of behavior
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Instinct Theory
A view that behavior is motivated by automatic, involuntary and unlearned responses
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Drive Reduction Theory
A theory that motivation arises from imbalances in homeostasis
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Homeostasis
Tendency for physiological systems to remain stable by constantly adjusting themselves in response to change
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Need
A biological requirement for well-being
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Drive
A physiological state that arises from an imbalance in homeostasis and prompts actions to fulfill a need
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Primary Drives
Drives that arise from basic biological needs
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Secondary drives
Stimuli that take on the motivational properties of primary drives through learning
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Optimal Arousal Theory
Theory that people are motivated to maintain what is, for them. an optimal level of arousal
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Incentive Theory
Theory that people are pulled toward behaviors that offer positive incentives and pushed away from behaviors associated with negative incentives
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Sexual Response Cycle
Pattern of arousal before, during, and after sexual activity.
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Sex Hormones
Chemicals in the blood that organize and motivate sexual behavior
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Estrogens
Feminine Hormones that circulate in the bloodstream
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Progestins
Feminine hormones that circulate in the bloodstream
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Androgens
Masculine hormones that circulate in the bloodstream
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Subjective Well-Being
Cognitive judgement of satisfaction with life, the frequent experiencing of positive moods and emotions, and the relativity infrequent experiencing of unpleasant moods and emotions
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Maslow's Hierachy
- (From Bottom)
- 1. Physiological
- 2. Safety
- 3. Belongingness and Love
- 4. Esteem
- 5. Self-Actualization
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