AP Psychology ME

the process by which activities are started, directed, and continued so that physical or psychological needs or wants are met.

• emotion
• motivation

biologically determined and innate patterns of behavior that exist in both people and animals

• need
• instinct

a requirement of some material (such as food or water)

• drive
• need
• want

a need that motivates the organism to act

• need
• want
• drive

approach to motivation that assumes behavior arises from physiological needs that cause internal drives to push the organism to satisfy the need and reduce tension and arousal

• drive reduction theory
• James lange theory
• 2 factor theory

 tendency of the body to maintain a steady state

• need
• homeostasis
• want

theory of motivation in which people are said to have an optimal (best or ideal) level of tension that they seek to maintain by increasing or decreasing stimulation

• Yerkes Dodson Law
• James Lange theory
• arousal theory

Easy tasks require a high-moderate level whereas more difficult tasks require a low-moderate level

• Cannon Bard
• Yerkes Dodson Law

the rate at which the body burns energy when the organism is resting

• leptin
• basal metabolic rate (BMR)
• metabolism

a hormone that, when released into the bloodstream, signals the hypothalamus that the body has had enough food and reduces the appetite 

• leptin
• ghrelin