Chapter 9 pt 2

Question 1

purpose or psychological cause for an action

Answer 1

motivation

Question 2

genetically endowed behavioral tendency

Answer 2

instinct

Question 3

internal equilibrium

Answer 3

homeostasis

Question 4

internal state created by departure of physiological optimality

Answer 4

drive

Question 5

network of brain regions that respond to types of pain

Answer 5

pain matrix

Question 6

hunger and eating regulated by blood glucose levels

Answer 6

glucostatic theory

Question 7

fat tissue plays role in hunger and regulation of energy balance

Answer 7

lipostatic theory

Question 8

lateral hypothalamus (on signal) and ventromedial hypothalamus (off signal) play roles in hunger

Answer 8

dual center theory

Question 9

fat cells in body

Answer 9

adipose cells

Question 10

intense fear of being fat and heavy food restriction; too much exercise; sometimes purging

Answer 10

anorexia nervosa

Question 11

binging and purging

Answer 11

bulimia nervosa

Question 12

obesity was evolutionary favorable because of benefits of long term fat storage

Answer 12

thrifty gene hypothesis

Question 13

female mammal’s period of sexual receptivity

Answer 13

estrus

Question 14

sexual orientation is built into brain circuitry in fetal development

Answer 14

neurodevelopmental perspective