16. Non-homeostatic mechanisms

Question 1

What hormone is associated with the lateral hypothalamus? (Non-homeostatic mechanism psychobiology)

Answer 1

Gherkin

Question 2

What hormone is associated with the ventromedial hypothalamus? (Non-homeostatic mechanism psychobiology)

Answer 2

Cholecystokinin and peptide YY

Question 3

What is the Garcia effect? (Non-homeostatic mechanism psychobiology)

Answer 3

Learned preferences

Question 4

What is the set-point? (Non-homeostatic mechanism psychobiology)

Answer 4

Physiological parameter

Question 5

What is the error detector? (Non-homeostatic mechanism psychobiology)

Answer 5

Compares actual vs set goal

Question 6

What is the error corrector? (Non-homeostatic mechanism psychobiology)

Answer 6

Negative feedback mechanisms

Question 7

What are the 2 basic set point that are thought to regulate food intake? (Non-homeostatic mechanism psychobiology)

Answer 7

• Gluciostatic set point theory

- Lipostatic theory

Question 8

What is the gluciostatic set point theory? (Non-homeostatic mechanism psychobiology)

Answer 8

Eating is controlled by deviations from the hypothetical blood glucose set point

Question 9

What is the lipostatic theory? (Non-homeostatic mechanism psychobiology)

Answer 9

Eating controlled by a hypothetical body fat set point

Question 10

What does the VTA do? (Non-homeostatic mechanism psychobiology)

Answer 10

Sends neurons in the brain to the mesolimbic dopamine system

Question 11

What do limbic brain areas do? (Non-homeostatic mechanism psychobiology)

Answer 11

Alter the hypothalamic processes to influence motivation and emotion