Chapter 6 Flashcards

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Instinct

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Behavior that is automatic and unlearned

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2
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Homeostasis

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Body’s ability to maintain a condition at a specific level

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3
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Drive theory

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When homeostasis is departed it creates a drive to perform behaviors to restore balance

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4
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Incentive theory

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External stimuli motivate behavior

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5
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Arousal theory

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Individuals act in ways that maintain the body at a certain state of arousal

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6
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Homeostatic drives

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Detect departures from set points

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7
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Ectotherms

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Can’t regulate body temp internally

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8
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Endotherms

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Maintain a constant internal temp

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9
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What receives temperature signals from the blood/skin?

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Prepotic area of hypothalamus

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10
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Osmotic thirst

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When fluid content in cells decrease

Cells become more concentrated

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11
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OVLT

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Signals median preoptic nucleus to trigger drinking

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12
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Hypovolemic thirst

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When blood volume drops due to extra cellular loss of water

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13
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What detects drop in blood volume?

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Receptors in the heart

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14
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Sensory specific satiety

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Food becomes less appealing the more you eat it

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15
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Learned taste aversion

A

Avoid foods associated with illness and poor nutrition

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16
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Learned taste preference

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Preference for a flavor of a food that contains a needed nutrient

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17
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What happens in the mouth?

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Saliva starts breakdown of starches into glucose

18
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What happens in the stomach?

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Hydrochloric acid and pepsin mixes with food to digest proteins into amino acids

19
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Duodenum

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Part of the small intestine where the rest of digestion takes places

20
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What happens in the small intestine?

A

Fats are transformed to fatty acids and glycerol by bile

21
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Hepatic portal vein

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Transports products of digestion to the liver

22
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Absorptive phase

A

Body lives off nutrients from digestive system

23
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What happens during absorptive phase?

A

Glucose increases–> enters cells
Pan crease secretes insulin
Glucose turned to glycogen

24
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Fasting phase

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Body releases stored energy

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What happens during fasting phase?
Glucose decreases Pancreas secretes glucagon Glycogen turns to glucose
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Insulin
Enables cells to take up glucose
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Glucagon
Causes the liver to turn glycogen into glucose
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Signals that start a meal
Glucoprivic hunger Lipoprivic hunger Empty stomach
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Glucoprivic hunger
Low blood glucose levels
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Lipoprivic hunger
Low fatty acid levels in blood
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Arcuate nucleus
Monitors the body's nutrient conditions
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Gherelin
Released during fasting to stimulate eating
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What signals release for NPY and AgRP?
The hunger signals
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Function of NPY and AgRP?
Increase motivation to eat and reduce metabolism
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What signals end a meal?
Stretch receptors in the stomach | CCK
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CCK
Released in the duodenum to trigger satiety
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Leptin
Inhibits eating when fat is in abundance
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Nicotine
Inhibits appetite
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Basal metabolic rate
Energy required to fuel the brain and the body
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Motivation
Set of factors that initiate sustain and direct behaviors