PSYC 4750 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sugar Substitute, Energy Homeostasis, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 4750
• Professor: Erin Rock

Document Summary

Lecture 5: homeostasis: temperature, thirst, hunger and eating. Physiological changes and psychological sensations motivate: temperature regulation, thirst and drinking, hunger and eating. Need: condition within the person that is essential and necessary for life, growth, and well- being. Produce damage that disrupts biological or psychological well-being: motivational states provide impetus to act before damage occurs, types of need. Inherent within the workings of biological systems: thirst, hunger. Inherent within the strivings of human nature and healthy development: autonomy, competence, relatedness. Why do we eat: biological perspective. Remove toxins (ex. antioxidants: emotional perspective. To feel good: social and psychological perspective. Impact of the food environment on food intake: common eating myths about food and weight gain. Myth 1: surely something as basic as the size of a (cid:271)o(cid:449)l (cid:449)ould(cid:374)"t i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e ho(cid:449) much an informed intelligent person eats. Individuals ate 45% more fresh popcorn (35% from stale) from an xl bowl than l.