PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dieting, High Standard Manufacturing Company, Double Standard

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

Document Summary

Biological: bodily needs like hunger, thirst, sex, sleep. Social: social experience, end for achievement, dominance exhibition, play. Need for achievement (stable aspects of personality) Fear of failure (stable aspects of personality) Perceived probability of success (situational determinants of achievement behavior) Incentive value of success (situational determinants of achievement behavior) Incentive value of failure (situational determinants of achievement behavior) Biological motives (hunger and eating) controlled by hypothalamus) Arcuate nucleus contains group of neutrons sensitive to incoming hunger signals and other group of neutrons that respond to safety signals. Food is converted into glucose (sugar for energy) Hormones that play a role in regulation of hunger: Must be present for cell to take blood sugar from the blood sight and smell from appealing food can stimulate the secretion of insulin. Going without food for a while stomach secretes hormone ghrelin causes stomach contractions and promotes hunger. After eating food upper intestine releases hormone cck delivers signals to the brain and reduces hunger.