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| hormone secreted by an empty stomach; when a portion of an obese person's stomach is surgically sealed off, the remaining stomach produces less of this. |
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| the brain area that drives animals to eat when electrically stimulated; if destroyed animals will stop eating. |
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| a sex hormone, secreted in greater amounts by females than by males; in nonhuman mammals, levels of this peak during ovulation, promoting sexual sexual reproductivity. |
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| the point at which an individual's "weight thermostat" is supposedly set; when the body falls below this weight, an increase in hunger and a lowered metabolic rate may act to restore the lost weight. |
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| a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior. |
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| interview process that asks the same job-relevant questions of all applicants, each of whom is rated on established scales |
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| a problem that consistently impairs sexual arousal or functioning, such a premature ejaculation, erectile disfunction in men, and organsmic disorder in women. |
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| the most important of the male sex hormones; both males and femals have it, but the additional amount of this in males stimulates growth of male sex organs in the fetus and developement of male sex characteristics during puberty. |
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| William Masters & Virgina Johnson |
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| The two researchers who idenitified the four-stage sexual response cycle. |
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| a form of bias in performance appraisal which occurs when rates focus on easily remembered behaviors. |
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| anterior cingulate cortex |
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| the area of the brain that responds to physical, and social ostracism in the same way. |
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| fraternal birth order effect |
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| the phenomenon of men who have older brothers being somewhat more likely to be gay; may represent a defensive material immune response to substances produce by male fetuses that becomes stronger after each pregnancy. |
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| a complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is unlearned. |
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| a subfield of I/O psychology that focuses on recruitment, selection, placement, training, appraisal, and development. |
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| the hormone secreted by the pancreas. |
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| organizational psychology |
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| a subfield of I/O psychology that examines organizational influences on worker satisfaction and productivity and facilitates oraganizational change. |
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| the tendency for sexual orientation to be felt less strongly in women and potentially more changeable than in men; the tendency for more, more often then men, to be bisexual. |
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| four stage sexual repsonse cycle |
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| in the act of sexual intercourse, the stages of the cycle are (1) excitement, (2) plateau, (3) organsm, and (4) resolution. |
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| passionate dedication to an ambitious, long-term goal. |
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| digestive tract hormone that signals fullness. |
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| a completely involved, focused state of consciousness, with diminished awareness of self and time, resulting from optimal engagement of one's skills. |
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| a resting period after orgasm, during which a man cannot achieve another organsm. |
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| the idea that physiological need creates an aroused tension state (a drive) that motivates an organism to satisfy the need. |
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| the form of sugar that circulates in the blood and provides the major source of energy for body tissue; when its level is low, we feel hunger. |
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| an eating disorder characterized by episodes of overeating, usually of high-calorie foods, followed by vomiting, laxative use, fasting, and excessive exercise. |
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| group-oriented leadership that builds teamwork, mediates conflict, and offers support. |
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| people respond more positively when are given the opportunity to voice their opinions during the decision-making process. |
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| goal-oriented leadership that sets standards, organizes work, and focuses attention on goals. |
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| an eating disorder in which a normal-weight person (usually an adolescent female) diets and becomes significantly underweight, yet still feeling fat, continues to starve. |
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| industrial-organizational (IO) psychology |
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| the application of psycholgy's concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior in workplaces. |
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| a positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior |
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| a subfield of I/O psychology that foucses on the design of appliances, machines, and work environments. |
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| an enduring sexual attraction toward members of either one's own sex or the opposite sex. |
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| a form of bias in performance appraisal which occurs when one trait biases ratings of other work-related behaviors. |
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| a desire for significant accomplishment; for mastery of things, people, or ideas; for attaining a high standard. |
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| a tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal statel the regulation of any aspect of body chemistry, such as blood glucose, around a particular level. |
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| an outdated leadership theory that assumes that all great leaders share certain traits. |
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| a form of bias in performance appraisal which occurs when evaluators to be either too easy or too harsh on everyone. |
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| Maslow's pyramid of human needs, begining at the base with physiological needs that must first be satisfied before safety needs and then higher-level psychological needs become active. |
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| a genetically predisposed dislike of unfamiliar foods, particularly unfamiliar animal foods. |
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| the body's resting rate of energy expenditure. |
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| chemical substance secreted by bloated fat cells. |
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| ventromedial hypothalamus |
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| the brain area that signlas fullness and drives animals to stop eating when stimulated; if destroy, animals will overeat. |
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| hunger-triggering hormone that is churned out by the lateral hypothalamus when blood sugar levels wane |
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