Chapter 12 …. MOTIVATION ACTIVITY PACKET

This is due !

1. Go to the Worth Publishers web site (http://www.quia.com/pages/mkrogerdiamond/2009 ), log in and go to Chapter 12.

2. Go to PsychSim Tutorials.

Complete the PsychSim Tutorial for Ch. 12 and complete the worksheet attached here … Hunger & the Fat Rat … as you navigate the exercise.

3. Go to Chapter 12’s Thinking Critically.

Go to “Obesity Research on the Web”.

Using the two excellent web sites given, on a word processor, answer the 4 questions given.

4. Also, under Thinking Critically, go to Anorexia Nervosa.

Click on the first web site listed, http://www.mentalhealth.com/p20-grp.html

Scroll down to Eating Disorders.

Choose Anorexia Nervosa and view the short video, ‘Excellent Animation’ (3rd item under Description)

Go back to American Description and print it out and read it. Include the printout in the packet you will turn in.

5. Go back to the Mental Health site and choose Bulimia Nervosa and do the same as above, printing out a copy to include in your packet.

Include the following in the Chapter 12 Activity Packet due ______:

1. Completed PsychSim worksheet, Hunger & the Fat Rat

2. Complete ‘Terms’ page

Attach to this packet in order …

3. Four questions on Obesity Research on the Web typed

4. Printout of ‘Anorexia Nervosa’ American Description

5. Printout of ‘Bulimia Nervosa’ American Description


PsychSim Chapter 12: HUNGER AND THE FAT RAT

This activity provides a simulated experiment on weight regulation in rats.

The Hypothalamus

1.  What are the two techniques used to study hypothalamic dysfunction? How do they differ?

Experimental Simulation

What conclusions were you able to draw about the effects of the following procedures on the experimental rats:

2.  Stimulation of the lateral hypothalamus (LH)?

3.  Destruction of the LH?

4.  * Stimulation of the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH)?

5.  * Destruction of the VMH?

6.  * What did you learn from this experiment about these two regions of the hypothalamus?

Some Cautions

7.  What are the two problems with a simple conclusion to this research question?


Briefly complete the following Ch. 12 terms

  1. industrial-organizational psychology (I/O): ______

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  1. motivation:______

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  1. instinct:______
  2. ______: attempts to explain behavior as arising from a physiological need that creates an aroused tension state (drive) that motivates an organism to satisfy the need.

12.  ______: group-oriented leadership that builds teamwork, mediates conflict, and offers support.

  1. task leadership:______

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14.  Basal metabolic rate:______

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15.  ______: a resting period after orgasm, during which a male cannot be aroused to another orgasm.

16.  ______: subfield of industrial-organizational psychology that explores how work environments and management styles affect worker motivation, satisfaction, and productivity.

  1. homeostasis:______
  2. ______: or blood sugar, major source of energy for the body’s tissues.
  3. achievement motivation:______

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  1. flow:______
  2. Maslow:______
  3. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs: complete the following. Include the name of the stage and its definition. (20 pts)