Why do we eat and have sex?

Question 1

what is drive?

Answer 1

a psychological state of deprivation that creates a need (hunger, thirst, loneliness, boredom)

Question 2

what is a need?

Answer 2

a necessary condition within the individual (food, water, connection, stimulation)

Question 3

what are the 3 categories of needs?

Answer 3

physiological needs
psychological needs
implicit needs

Question 4

what are examples of physiological needs?

Answer 4

food, arousal, water

Question 5

what are the 3 psychological needs?

Answer 5

autonomy, competence, and relatedness (SDT)

Question 6

what are the 3 implicit needs?

Answer 6

achievement, affiliation, power

Question 7

why do we eat?

Answer 7

-biological reasons like energy, essential elements, and for defense

Question 8

what drives hunger?

Answer 8

short term appetite (aka the glucostatic)

Question 9

what is the glucostatic hypothesis

Answer 9

liver monitors blood glucose
msg to lateral hypothalamus to create hunger
msg to ventromedial hypothalamus to create satiety

Question 10

long term energy balance

Answer 10

-lipostatic hypothesis (fat stores)
too little: grehlin triggers
too much: leptin triggers

Question 11

what is homeostasis and the set point theory

Answer 11

our body has a genetic set point it likes to be at
- intuitive eating and eating less processed norm
-when you diet you can maintain a lower set point for a little bit but you will always rebound larger
-metabolisms can switch when we restrict, our metabolism slows down

Question 12

know the model of hunger regulation

Answer 12

on slides

Question 13

eating is a …. experience

Answer 13

sensory

Question 14

what are some psychosocial reasons we eat or dont eat?

Answer 14

-celebrations
-bonding relationships
-cooperative behavior
-gender norms

Question 15

know the hunger diagram

Answer 15

in your notes

Question 16

according to the lipostatic hypothesis, what happens whn fat stores are too small

Answer 16

ghrelin is triggered, and the individual becomes chronically hungry in order to increase fat stores to homeostasis

Question 17

according to the lipostatic hypothesis, what happens when fat stores are too large

Answer 17

leptin is triggered, and the individual becomes chronically not hungry in order to try and reduce the size of the fat stores to homeostasis

Question 18

what are some environmental influences that may impact hunger/eating behavior?

Answer 18

Portion sizes, sight, smell, taste of food, and time of day

Question 19

how does time of day influence eating behavior?

Answer 19

ghrelin peaks in the morning and then continues to peak prior to each meal

Question 20

what are the 7 core processes incolved in regulation_

Answer 20

need (physiological)
Drive (psychological)
homeostasis
Negative feedback
Multiple inputs/Multiple outputs
intraorganismi mechanisms
extraorganismic mechanisms

Question 21

what is the physiological need-psychosocial drive-behavioral cycle?

Answer 21

1. satiated state —>
   2.) physiological deprivation occurs naturally —>
   3.) prolonged physiological deprivation produces bodily need —->
   4.) need intensifies: gives rise to psychological drive—>
   5.) goal directed motivated behavior occurs as an attempt to gratify drive
   6.) consummatory behavior occurs
   7.) drive is reduced