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Question 0

Drive reduction theory

Answer 0

The idea that a physiological need creates an aroused tension state (a drive) that motivates an organism to satisfy the need

Question 1

Instinct

Answer 1

A complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is unlearned

Question 2

Homeostasis

Answer 2

The 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

Question 3

Incentive

Answer 3

A positive or negative environment stimulus that motivates behavior

Question 4

Heirarchy of needs

Answer 4

Maslows 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

Question 5

Glucose

Answer 5

The form of sugar that circulates in the blood and provides the major source of energy for body tissues. When it’s level is low, we feel hunger

Question 6

Set point

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Basal metabolic rate

Answer 7

The body’s resting rate of energy expenditure

Question 8

Anorexia nervousa

Answer 8

An eating disorder in which a person diets and becomes significantly underweight, yet continues to starve (15 percent)

Question 9

Bulimia nervosa

Answer 9

An eating disorder characterized by episodes of overeating usually of high calorie foods followed by vomiting, laxative use, fasting, or excessive exercise.

Question 10

Binge eating disorder

Answer 10

Significant binge eating episodes, followed by distress or guilt but without the compensatory purging, fasting, or excessive that marks bulimia nervosa