PSY-0001 Lecture Notes - David Buss, Amygdala, Homeostasis

• School: Tufts University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY-0001
• Professor: Yvonne Wakeford

Document Summary

Leptin is associated with long term body fat regulation, whereas ghrelin motivates eating behavior: leptin released from fat cells as more fat is stored and travels to the hypothalamus, where it acts to inhibit eating behavior, ghrelin originates in the stomach; surges before meals, then decreases after people eat may play an important role in triggering eating. Alfred kinsey (1894 1956: 1930: asked to teach course on marriage, 1938: research group is firmly established, 1948: sexual behavior in the human male, 1953: sexual behavior in the human female, found that men and women differ in certain aspects of sexual motivation. Women: need to be highly selective, number of children they produce is biologically limited, have a certainty of who their children are, will search for a man with resources to support her offspring, attracted to older, financially secure, men with commitment.