Unit 10: Motivation, Emotion, & Stress

The specific body weight maintained automatically by most adults over long periods of time.

• General Adaptation Syndrome

• Homeostasis

• Set Point

• Drive-Reduction

The better mood you are in, the more likely you are to help a friend.

• Self-Actualization

• Drive-Reduction Theory

• Incentive Theory

• Feel-Good-Do-Good Phenomenon

The body's main stress hormone, released under times of stress and anxiety.

• Cortisol

• Leptin

• Serotonin

• Melatonin

The type of motivation exclusive to animals that involves a genetically built in fixed behavior pattern.

• Instinct theory

• Incentive theory

• Drive-reduction theory

• Arousal theory

The hunger hormone secreted from the stomach.

• Leptin

• Ghrelin

• Orexin

• Cortisol

The perception that one is worse off compared to others with whom they compare themselves. It occurs when individuals or groups feel deprived of something they believe they are entitled to, especially when they see others enjoying those resources, opportunities, or privileges.

• Adaptation-Level Phenomenon

• Relative Deprivation

• Spillover Effect

• Arousal Theory

The stage of G.A.S. where a person's sympathetic nervous system is running in high gear, helping them function and complete tasks.

• Exhaustion

• Resistance

• Alarm

• Homeostasis

A type of stress conflict where a person has to choose between two good outcomes.

• Approach-Approach

• Avoidance-Avoidance

• Approach-Avoidance

• Multiple Approach-Avoidance

Rewarding people for a task they already enjoy doing is likely to result in decreased intrinsic motivation.

• Self-Efficacy

• Internal Locus of Control

• External Locus of Control

• Overjusification Effect

This concept states that moderate arousal will result in the best performance on a task.

• Drive-Reduction Theory

• Incentive Theory

• General Adaptation Syndrome

• Yerkes-Dodson Law