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| a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior |
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| a complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is unlearned |
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| the idea that a physiological need creates an aroused tension state (a drive) that motivates and organism to satisfy the need |
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| a tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state; the regulation of any aspect of body chemistry, such as blood glucose, around a particular level |
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| a positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior |
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| Maslow's pyramid of human needs, beginning at the base with physiological needs that must first be satisfied before higher level safety needs and then psychological needs become active |
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