Motivation & Emotion

our body wants to maintain a certain weight

• Set Point Theory

• Settling Point Theory

• James-Lange Theory

• BMI Theory

BMI of 30 or more, or 30% over recommended weight

• drive

• underweight

• homeostasis

• obese

force that motivates an organism to take action

• drive

• reaction

• instince

• glucose

inborn behaviors that are pre-wired and not learned behaviors

• instinct

• drive

• emotion

• violence

Says that we eat more when given larger portions

• Purging

• Unit Bias

• Set Point Theory

• Homeostasis

a person's weight settles in response to caloric intake and energy use

• set-point theory

• settling-point theory

• homeostasis theory

• Theory of BMI

The body's resting rate of energy expenditure

• Homeostasis

• BMI

• BMR

• P90X

The body's tendency to maintain a stable internal rate

• Glucose theory

• Set Point Theory

• Homeostasis

• Instinct Theory

Scoring system used by David McClelland for achievement motivation levels

• SAT

• ACT

• TAT

• ATA

Form of sugar that circulates in the blood and is the body's major source of energy

• HGH

• ACH

• Glucose

• Glicogen