| A | B |
| JAMES-LANGE | "Emotion is the result of physiological arousal produced by behavior." |
| SCHACHTER | "Emotion is influenced by situation, physiological arousal, and cognitive labeling." |
| DRIVE | an aroused state in an organism |
| AFFECT | emotion, values, preferences, priorities |
| DEFENSE MECHANISMS | unconscious ways of consoling ourselves, reducing frustration |
| BULIMIA | eating disorder: binging and purging |
| ANOREXIA | eating disorder: compulsive under-eating |
| ACHIEVEMENT | a learned (secondary) motive; higher among middle class males |
| PRIMARY | unlearned, physiological motives such as hunger, thirst, oxygen, sleep, pain avoidance |
| STIMULUS | an external phenomenon which elicits a response |
| INSTINCT | a complex behavior which is inherited, rigidly patterned, species-wide |
| INCENTIVE | the role of a positive reinforcer |
| POLYGRAPH | a lie detector machine |
| AGGRESSION | behavior which attempts to harm another |
| HOMEOSTASIS | a tendency to preserve a balance; found in primary motives |
| HYPERPHAGIA | eating disorder (non-stop eating): produced by lesions to hypothalamus |
| HYPOTHALAMUS | part of brain regulating hunger and thirst |
| YERKES-DODSON | "Performance is optimal at moderate levels of stimulation" |
| PSYCHOSOMATIC | psychophysiological disorders: stress creates real physical problems |
| HYPOCHONDRIASIS | imaginary physical disorders; obsessing about illness, compulsively seeking medical treatment |
| MASLOW | pyramid of needs: self-actualization, esteem, social, safety, physiological (these lower needs take priority) |