10.4 Two Fundamental Human Motivations: Eating and Mating

Question 1

glucose

Answer 1

• the main sugar that the body uses for energy, and the brain monitors blood glucose levels to determine hunger

Question 2

insulin

Answer 2

• a hormone secreted by the pancreas gland

Question 3

basal metabolic rate

Answer 3

• the amount of energy expended while at rest

Question 4

anorexia nervosa

Answer 4

• an eating disorder characterized by extremely low body weight, distorted body image, and an obsessive fear of gaining weight

Question 5

bulimia nervosa

Answer 5

• an eating disorder characterized by binge eating followed by purging

Question 6

obesity

Answer 6

• a medical condition in which so much excess body fat has accumulated in the body that it begins to have an adverse impact on health

Question 7

sexual response cycle

Answer 7

• the biological sexual response in humans

Question 8

sexual orientation

Answer 8

• the direction of our sexual desire toward people of the opposite sex, people of the same sex, or people of both sexes