Chapter 9: Motivation and Emotion

Involves goal-oriented behavior

A state of physiological equilibrium or stability

A hypothetical, internal state of tension that motivates an organism to engage in activities that should reduce this tension

An external goal that has the capacity to motivate behavior

A simple sugar that is an important source of energy

Neurons sensitive to glucose in the surrounding fluid

The chemical substances released by the endocrine glands

A hormone secreted by the pancreas

Refers to what each sex has to invest--in terms of time, energy, survival risk, and forgone opportunities (to pursue other goals)--to produce and nurture offspring

Refers to a person's preference for emotional and sexual relationships with individuals of the same sex, the other sex, or either sex

Seek emotional-sexual relationships with members of the other sex

Seek emotional-sexual relationships with members of the same sex

The need to master difficult challenges to outperform others, and to meet high standards ot excellence

Involves 1) a subjective conscious experience (the cognitive component) accompanied by 2) bodily arousal (the physiological component) and 3) characteristic overt expressions (the behavioral component)

A device that records autonomic fluctuations while a subject is questioned