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Understanding Psychology Book Cover Image
Understanding Psychology, 6/e
Robert S. Feldman, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Motivation and Emotion

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concerns the factors that direct and energize the behavior of humans and other organisms.
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The body's tendency to maintain a steady internal state is called .
3

The particular level of weight that the body strives to maintain is the point.
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is the rate at which food is converted to energy and expended by the body.
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The need for is a stable, learned characteristic in which satisfaction is obtained by striving for and attaining a level of excellence.
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An interest in establishing and maintaining relationships with other people characterizes the need for .
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are feelings that generally have both physiological and cognitive elements and that influence behavior.
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The - theory of emotion contends that emotions are determined jointly by a nonspecific kind of physiological arousal and its interpretation, based on environmental cues.
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The - program activates a set of nerve impulses that make the face display the appropriate expression.
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are the guidelines that govern the appropriateness of showing emotion nonverbally.