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What forces somebody to get a drink of water when they are thirsty? ANS - Drive
Drive-Reduction Theory ANS - the idea that a physiological need creates an aroused tension state (a
drive) that motivates an organism to satisfy the need. Page 329
Optimal Arousal ANS - motivating animals or people to search for new information that will heighten
their arousal. Causes people to leave their house, if they're well-fed, to seek new information. Page 328
Arousal Theory ANS - focuses on finding the right level of stimulation. . Page 328
Hierarchy of Motives ANS - 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. Page 330
What happens to people when starving, and what will they most likely do? ANS - Your body begins to
conserve energy, and your weight rapidly drops and evens out after loosing 25% of original weight. You
also become obsessed with food, as you're trying to fulfill a necessity, and you forget about everything
else, but food. Page 332
What happens when rat's stomachs are removed? ANS - They continued eating regularly, showing
hunger was mentally influenced. Page 333
Insulin, and it's effect on the body ANS - a hormone secreted by the pancreas that diminished blood
glucose, and converts it to fat when the amount is increased. You don't notice a change in the blood
glucose, but your brain does, and makes you hungry.
What would happen if the lateral hypothalamus was stimulated? ANS - That subject would begin eating
even if they were already completely full.
, Set-point ANS - the point at which an individual's "weight thermostat" is supposedly set. When the
body falls below this weight, an increase in hunger and a lowered metabolic rate may act to restore the
lost weight. Page 335
Universal and Learned tastes ANS - tastes such as salty and sweet are those that pass through genes,
and often impact our bodies production. People who are given food with excess salt, start to enjoy the
learned extra salty tastes. Page 335
Neophobia ANS - dislike of things unfamiliar, that we have adapted as they protected our ancestors
from potentially toxic substances. Page 336
Unit Bias ANS - the bigger the proportion you are given, the more you are likely to eat. Page 336
Anorexia Nervosa ANS - an eating disorder in which a person (usually an adolescent female) diets and
becomes significantly (15% or more) underweight, yet, still feeling fat, continues to starve. Page 337
Bulimia Nervosa ANS - an eating disorder characterized by episodes of overeating, usually of high-
calorie foods, followed by vomiting, laxative use, fasting, or excessive exercise. Page 337
Binge-eating Disorder ANS - an eating disorder characterized by episodes of overeating, usually of high-
calorie foods, followed by vomiting, laxative use, fasting, or excessive exercise. Page 337
How does the biopsychosocial view relate to eating disorders? ANS - It shows that society says being fat
is bad, and pressures people to be skinny, which leads to eating disorders. Page 339
Definition of Obesity ANS - somebody with a body mass index of 30 or more
Effects of sleep deprivation on obesity ANS - The less sleep, more prone to become obese. Leptin
levels, which reports the level of fat in the body to the brain, increases; Ghrelin levels, the stomach
hormone that stimulate appetite, decreases. Page 344
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