Motivation

What is the definition of motivation?

Answer explanation

Link between internal variable, external variables and actions.

It is the change in behavior cause by that of the shift in needs.

It give direction and intensity to behaviors and is associated with flexibility of behavior

__________ saw humans as bags of water, where if the bag leaks there most be a ________ to restore it to the right amount.

• Mechanism

• Claude Bernard

• Walter B. Cannon

• Stimuli

What is the definition of homeostasis?

According to who is homeostasis "change in the face of change as to remain unchanged"?

How many prototypic features are there?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Name the prototype features.

Name the prototype features and state what they entails.

Answer explanation

System variable: Blood pressure,

Set-points: Range where the system is balanced

Detectors: Change in the system too much or too little

Correction mechanism: initiation, cessation, negative feedback

Chemical reaction in the body are _________ .

• Temperature dependent

• Temperature independent

• Electrically dependent

• Electrically independent

What kind of control are exerted to regulate body temperature?

In what brain structure are neurons in charge of temperature control found?

• Arcuate nucleus

• Anterior hypothalamus

• Posterior hypothalamus

• Lateral hypothalamus

• Ventromedial hypothalamus