PSY 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Sexual Assault, Peer Pressure, Thematic Apperception Test
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Motivation a process within a person or animal that causes action toward a goal or away from an undesired situation. Intrinsic desire to do something purely for the pleasure of doing it: extrinsic desire to so something for external rewards. Interaction between metabolism, fat cells, and hormones: naturally varies about 10% in either direction, related to basal metabolism rate the genetically programmed rate at which calories are burned for energy. High levels of heritability: the genetics of weight: Increased availability of low-cost processed and fast foods. Increased consumption of high-sugar, high-calorie drinks: decline in exercise and rise in energy-saving devices. Increased variability and availability of food: culture and the ideal body, eating habits and activity levels are shaped by cultural customs and standards of the ideal body type, e. g. Fat is a sign of affluence and wealth in men and sexual desirability in women in some cultures: english canadians tend to hold negative attitudes towards obese people, eating disorders:
