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what does the lateral region of the hypothalamus do?

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bring on hunger, if destroyed: causing you to eat just enough for survival

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what does the ventromedial region of the hypothalamus do?

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depresses hunger, if destroyed: causing you to keep eating

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role of ghrelin

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hormone increases before meals and decreases after meals

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role of insulin

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pancreas secretes this, control blood glucose levels

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role of leptin

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fat cells, diminish reinforcing impact of food

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role of orexin

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released to trigger hunger if blood sugar levels drop

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role of PYY

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suppresses appetite in rodents for a little while

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set (settling) point hypothesis and connection to fat cells

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people have set point driven by genetics and early childhood eating patterns, equilibrium
in relation to fat cells: easier to add than get rid, when you are losing them your brain thinks you are in danger so it decreases metabolism and increases appetite

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external incentives

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some people are more receptive to external cues than the internal cues of your body (ex. media)

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taste preference

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based on your culture

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genetics and heritability have a _____ role in weight

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significant

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babies who breast feed are _____ likely to gain fat cells

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less, stop feeding when not hungry as opposed to being bottle fed, can see how much they have drank

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becker et al adolescent girls study (2002)

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In Fiji where heavier bodies are more valued and accepted
measured the behavior around food and body imaging in girls before western TV was introduced and after
showed a negative impact on girls eating behaviors and attitudes

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obesogenic environment

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environment that encourages obesity, may be difficult to go outside and get safe exercise, especially during pandemic

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obese women are more likely to

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receive lower salaries
are victims of discrimination
are less likely o marry
are often the victims of “weightist” comments

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healthy at every size is a book about

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intuitive eating
encouraging body acceptance
health care providers to be more understanding to those who are overweight
weight neutral approach

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styles of love by john alan lee

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ludus, eros, storge, mania, pragma, agape

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Ludus

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game playing love/viewed as a chase/conquest
how love is represented in Disney movies
rules of love (how many days should go by before texting someone?)

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eros

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romantic love
intense
great sadness when apart

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storge

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starts as friendship and then becomes romantic companionate and shared values

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mania

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eros and ludus together
intense with lots of jealousy
always checking others phones

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pragma

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looking for someone who has certain characteristics
arranged marriages

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agape

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eros and storge together
giving without taking
putting others happiness before your own
purest love

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attachment theory of love and styles

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kind of attachment babies have can predict love style as an adult but doesn’t quite work like this, correlational but not a causation
styles: secure, avoidant, resistant/anxious-ambivalent

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expressive love
about verbalization talking about love for their partner expressing love more women define this
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instrumental love
activity-based doing things together more men define this
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triangle theory of love (sternberg)
passion: - romantic love = intimacy and passion intimacy: - companionate love = intimacy and commitment commitment: - fatuous love = passion and commitment *consummate love is all together*
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chapman language of love
receiving gifts/services
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hookups
70% college students men have higher + emotions after than women most report regrets (men more than women)
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adult sexual behaviors depicted in media
Americans don't have sex as often as tv says 1/3 of 18-59 yr olds have sex 2x week
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cultivation effect
when media distorts view on reality people who watched the news thought the world was a scary place and their actions reflected this
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the fetus is _____ in early development
"unsexed"
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female sex fetus process
DSS determines sex if present, the cortex will begin to develop ovaries and the medulla will disappear, following the mullerian ducts female is default
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male sex fetus process
SRY determines sex if present, the medulla becomes a teste and the cortex will disappear, following the wolffian duct
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Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)
quick to solve mental rotation puzzles intersex condition, too many androgens external genitalia is masculanized affects females
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androgen insensitivity syndrome
for the male sex testes formed but stay in the body only found at puberty tend to be feminine no male reproductive tract
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5-alpha reductase
rare feminize phenotype at birth but testes shown during puberty has male reproductive tract found only in DR, three sexes (boys, girls, girls who become boys)
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turner's syndrome
most common sex chromosome disorder for female 95% terminate on their own during prenatal development, one sex chromosome is lost most not identified at birth, but at puberty as they do not menstruate poor spatial abilities
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turner neurocognitive phenotype
failing at paper folding task fold paper, poke holes, unfold and guess where holes are
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Kilinefelter's syndrome
XXY chromosomes rarely identified at birth late to talk, first word around 2 influences language development unevenness between verbal and nonverbal IQ scores
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sex vs. gender
sex: chromosomes and genitalia gender: everything else, sometimes not parallel with sex
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gender identity
around 2-3 yrs old kids assert their gender
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Gender Dysphoria
where children being to express and insist they are a different gender than their sex and experience acceptance
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gender role
attitudes and beliefs that our culture deems appropriate for each biological sex, its everywhere ex. clothes, toys, etc.
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gender roles stereotypes
when roles are taken too far when they become rules over roles
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biological factors of gender typing
heredity: brain structure and hormones
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environmental factors of gender typing
family - expecting things prenatally school - role models, socialize with own gender peers - boys (superheroes) and girls (barbies) culture - religion and surrounding beliefs
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psychoanalytic theory of gender typing
Freud happens about 3-5 years of age also as sexual orientation depends on boy or girl, boys are terrified of father because of attraction to mother, so they repress emotions and focus on gender role
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social learning theory of gender typing
learning theory (classical conditioning, etc.) but then imitation and symbolic imitation of tv and movies seeing a lot of gender type behavior they will do parents are reinforcing or punishing subtly
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cognitive development theory of gender typing
actively constructing ideas of gender only waning things identifying with their own gender (mommy train, female pets, etc.)
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gender schema theory of gender typing
combination of social learning and cognitive developmental schema actively constructed gender type in children before they know their own identity

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