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| The psychologically potent ideas that direct behavior toward goals such as power over others, friendship, and achievment. |
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| Physiological states (such as hunger, thirst, and fatigue) that have a pronounced effect on behavior. |
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| Changes in physiology that are evaluated cognitively and may lead to a change in conscious feeling. |
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| A hormone secreted by the adrenal gland. |
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| Accustomed to a stimulus. |
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| A physiologically based theory of emotion suggesting that stimuli in the environment set off physiological changes in an individual and these are followed by the perceived conscious emotion, which results from the perception of feed-back of those changes. |
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| A neurologically based theory of emotion suggesting that stimuli in the environment set off patterns in the hypothalamus and these patterns cause bodily changes in emotion and conscious awareness of the feelings of emotion simultaneously. |
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| A contemporary theory of emotion suggesting that the mind plays a commanding role in emotion and leads the individual to appraise and interpret events that occur in the environment. |
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| A state of equilibrium or balance in any physiological system. |
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| A major drive caused by lack of food. |
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| A major drive caused by lack of water. |
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| An innate physiological mechanism that keeps an individual's body weight at a genetically "programmed" level. |
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| The "animal starch" in the liver that is converted from glucose in the blood after eating. |
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| Cells designed for the storage of fatty compounds. |
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| The stimuli that arouse a drive or motive. |
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| A hormone secreted by the pancreas that metabolizes blood sugar to provide the body with energy. |
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| The wear and tear on the body created by the physical changes that result from emotional states. |
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| A pattern of brain waves with a dominate frequency of about 9 to 13 waves per second, usually occuring when the person is relaxed, with eyes closed. |
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| A sudden spasm in the body caused by a tiny burst of brain activity. |
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| Sleep Stages (I, II, III, IV) |
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| The levels of sleep from light to very deep, charcterized by changes in the brain waves. |
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| The deep sleep of Stage IV, indicated by large but slow delta brain waves |
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| REM (Rapid Eye Movement) Sleep |
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| The period of the sleep cycle during which the brain waves resemble those associated with the waking state and the eyes dart rapidly under closed eyelids. |
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| Another term for REM sleep, referring to the fact that the brain waves resemble those associated with the walking state but the muscles of the body are in almost totally relaxed state. |
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| The time in a woman's life when the ovaries cease to function and messtruation ends. |
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| The attraction felt toward persons of a given sex. |
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| Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex. |
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| Homosexual or Same-sex-oriented |
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| Sexually attracted to members of the same sex. |
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| Sexually attracted to members of both sexes. |
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| The urge to attain optimal levels of performance on valued tasks. |
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| The desire to be around other people and have close relationships with them. |
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| The desire to rely on others. |
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| The desire to feel at home in one's world, to know where one stands, and to avoid the discomfort of unfamiliar and surprising events. |
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| Motivation to Meet Standards |
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| The desire to live up to inner standards acquired from parents, other adults, and society in general. |
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| Our notion of how we would always think and act if we were perfect. |
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