Achievement Motivation- A desire to excel or outperform others

Affiliation- Being associated with other people

Anorexia Nervosa- An eating disorder characterized by the maintenance of unusually low body
weight and a distorted body image
Appraisal- The detection and assessment of stimuli that are relevant to personal well-being
Binge-Eating Disorder- An eating disorder characterized by eating abnormally large amounts of
food at one sitting and feeling that eating is out of control, without compensatory behaviors such
as induced vomiting or the use of laxatives
Body Mass Index (BMI) - A height-to-weight ratio used to identify healthy weight, underweight,
overweight, and obesity
Bulimia Nervosa- An eating disorder characterized by binging, purging, and having feelings of
depression, disgust, and lost control
Cannon-Bard Theory- A theory of emotion featuring the simultaneous and independent
occurrence of physical sensations and subjective feelings during an emotional experience
Catharsis- A theory of emotion that views emotion as a reservoir that fills up and spills over; it
predicts that expressing an emotion will reduce arousal
Display Rule- A cultural norm that specifies when, where, and how a person should express an
emotion
Drive- A state of tension and arousal triggered by cues important for survival
Drive Reduction- The state of relief and reward produced by removing the tension and arousal of
the drive state
Emotion- A combination of arousal, physical sensations, and subjective feelings that occurs
spontaneously in response to environmental stimuli
Extrinsic Reward- A reward from an outside source
Glucose- A type of sugar that plays an important role in hunger levels
Homeostasis- A steady internal balance, or equilibrium
Incentive- A reward that pulls an organism’s behavior in a particular direction
Insula- Regions of cortex located at the junction of the frontal and temporal lobes
Intrinsic Reward- A reward that arises internally
James-Lange Theory- A theory of emotion that proposes that physical sensations lead to
subjective feelings
Leptin- A hormone secreted by fat cells that helps the body maintain an appropriate level of
stored fat
Motivation- A process that arouses, maintains, and guides behavior toward a goal
Satiety- A sense of feeling full and not requiring further food
Schachter–Singer Two-Factor Theory- A theory of emotion in which general arousal leads to
assessment, which in turn leads to subjective feelings
Set Point- A value that is defended to maintain homeostasis
Sexual Orientation- A stable pattern of attraction to members of a particular sex
Somatovisceral Afference Model of Emotion (SAME) - A model of emotion in which a range of
physical sensations from precise to general requires varying degrees of cognitive processing
prior to subjective feelings
Testosterone- A male hormone
Yerkes-Dodson Law- A description of the relationships among task complexity, arousal, and
performance