PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Bulimia Nervosa, Anorexia Nervosa, Human Sexual Response Cycle

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

Document Summary

Motivation: involves goal-directed behavior based on what you want/what drives you. Drive (theory): internal state of tension that motivates one to engage in behaviors to relieve the tension (need-based, but do not explain all motives, especially in humans) Incentive (theory): motivation caused by external goal from push/pull factors: expectancy-value model: more realistic, motivation based on magnitude of reward vs the likelihood of achieving it. Evolutionary theory: the motive for dominance was greater in males for mating purposes. Hypothalamus regulates hunger (arcuate and paraventricular nuclei) Glucostatic theory: initially, it was thought that glucose levels were monitored in brain and influenced hunger (this is not the actual case) Eating disorders affect 3% of canadian women, has increased dramatically: ma(cid:374)(cid:455) per(cid:272)ei(cid:448)e the(cid:373)sel(cid:448)es as (cid:862)fatter(cid:863) the(cid:374) the(cid:455) a(cid:272)tuall(cid:455) are. Women are multiorgasmic, also more likely to not have orgasm, more influenced by quality of relationship for women: resolution: physiological changes subside, men experience refractory period during which males are unresponsive to further stimulation.