PSYC 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Homeostasis, Heart Rate, Binge Eating Disorder
30 Apr 2020
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Motivation: the force that moves people to behave, think and feel as they do, motivation energizes, directs and sustains behavior. Innate (unlearned) pattern of behavior, assumed to be universal: people and animals are born preprogrammed with sets of behaviors essential to their survival. Biology of hunger: gastric signals, stomach contractions, cholecystokinin (cck, blood chemistry, glucose. Insulin: leptin, motivated by a physiological need. Hunger and the brain: hypothalamus, lateral hypothalamus. Initiation of hunger and eating: ventromedial hypothalamus, cessation of hunger and eating, neurotransmitters. In the past, the focus was on: emotional state, external food cues, current research is focusing on, time and place cues, sugar and fat content. Maslow"s hierarchy of needs: sequence of needs, basic needs must be met before higher needs can be satisfied, self-actualization, motivation to develop to our fullest potential, order of needs, physiological needs, safety, love and belongingness, esteem, self-actualization, self-transcendence.
