Psychology 2075 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Cholecystokinin, Leptin, Lateral Hypothalamus

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Intestines respond to food by releasing peptides that help terminate a meal: signals that regulate general appetite and weight. Obese people have ample leptin in blood due to fat mass, but brain appears insensitive to signals: brain mechanisms, many parts of brain play a role in regulating hunger and eating, lateral hypothalamus triggers hunger (hunger. Eating disorders: anorexia nervosa eating disorder involving a severely restricted food intake glucose to fat. Oten perfectionists who strive to live up to loty self-standards: bulimia nervosa eating disorder involving binge eating followed by a purging of the food. Oten depressed and anxious, exhibit low impulse control, and lack a stable sense of personal identity and self-suiciency: caused by environmental, psychological, and biological factors. More common in industrialized countries in which beauty is equated with thinness. Genetic factors may create a predisposition toward eating disorders.