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| A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior. |
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| Must be a complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is "unlearned." |
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| Physiological needs create an aroused state that drives someone to reduce the need (by eating, drinking etc.). This aroused state is called a "drive." |
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| An aroused state that causes someone to want to reduce a physiological need (like eating drinking etc). |
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| Maintaining a balanced internal state. |
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| Positive or negative stimuli that draw or repel us. |
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| Maslow's pyramid of human needs, beginning with physiological needs, followed by safety needs, and finishing with psychological needs. Without satisfying the bottom needs, you can't get to the top needs. |
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| Hierarchy of Needs (actual pyramid in order) |
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(From bottom up.)
SELF-ACTUALIZATION NEEDS
living up to potential
ESTEEM NEEDS
self esteem, respect
BELONGINGNESS AND LOVE NEEDS
love and be loved, acceptance
SAFTEY NEEDS
the world is organized and predictable, safety
PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS
hunger and thirst |
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| A form of sugar circulating in the blood that provides energy. Low glucose = hungry. |
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| A hypothalamus regulated hormone that arouses hunger when the stomach is empty. |
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| A body weight that our "weight thermostat" is set to. When our weight falls bellow the mark, we eat more. When our weight goes over the mark, we eat less. |
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| The rate of energy expenditure for maintaining basic body functions when the body is at rest. |
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