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- Glucostic Theory
- Theory that when our blood glucose levels drop, hunger creates a drive to eat to Restore the proper level of glucose
- Leptin
- hormone that signals the hypothalamus and brain stem to reduce appetite and increase the Amount of energy used
- Set Point
- Value that establishes a range of body and muscle mass we tend to maintain
- Internal-External Theory
- theory holding that obese people are motivated to eat more by external cues Than internal cues
- Desire Phase
- phase in human sexual response triggered by whatever prompts sexual interest
- Excitment Phase
- phase in human sexual response in which people experience sexual pleasure and Notice physiological changes associated with it
- Orgasm(climax) Phase
- phase in human sexual response marked by involuntary rhythmic contractions In the muscles of genitals in both men and women
- Resolution Phase
- phase in human sexual response following orgasm, in which people report relaxation And a sense of well-being
- Social Psychology
- study of how people influence others’ behavior, beliefs, and attitudes
- Social Facilitation
- enhancement of performance brought about by the presence of others
- Attribution
- process of assigning causes to behavior
- Fundamental Attribution Error
- tendency to overestimate the impact of dispositional influences on Other people’s behavior
- Social Comparison Theory
- theory that we seek to evaluate our beliefs, attitudes, and abilities by Comparing our reactions with others’
- Mass Hysteria
- outbreak of irrational behavior that is spread by social contagion
- Conformity
- tendency of people to alter their behavior as a result of group pressure
- Parametric Studies
- studies in which an experimenter systematically manipulates the independent Variable to observe its effects on the dependent variable