Motivation & Emotion: Hunger

Question 1

Blood Sugar

Answer 1

Glucose

Question 2

Major source of energy for the body’s tissue, increasing levels of this reduces the feel of hunger

Answer 2

Glucose

Question 3

Hormone released by pancrease

Answer 3

Insulin

Question 4

Regulates the level of glucose in the bloodstream

Answer 4

Insulin

Question 5

Chemical produced by neurons in the Lateral Hypothalamus

Answer 5

Orexin

Question 6

Stimulates the body to do more (stay awake, eat)

Answer 6

Orexin

Question 7

Hormones released by the stomach when body needs food

Answer 7

Ghrelin

Question 8

Carries the hunger signal to the LH

Answer 8

Ghrelin

Question 9

Hypothalamus that regulates hunger

Answer 9

LH

Question 10

Hypothalamus that regulates feelings of fullness

Answer 10

VMH

Question 11

Secreted by fat cells in the body when they increase the signal to the VMH that the body has enough energy to do what it needs to do

Answer 11

Leptin

Question 12

Individuals regulates weight level in which the body performs optimally without an effort to gain or lose weights

Answer 12

Set Point

Question 13

Body’s base rate of energy expenditure when resting- influences set point

Answer 13

Basal Metabolic Rate

Question 14

Idea that being with others tends to motivate eating behavior- the larger the group, the more you overeat

Answer 14

Social Coaction

Question 15

Eating disorder most common in adolescent females

Answer 15

Anorexia Nervosa

Question 16

Person restricts food intake to become significantly underweight and yet still feels fat

Answer 16

Anorexia Nervosa

Question 17

Eating disorder characterized by private “binge-purge” episodes of overeating followed by vomiting, laxative use, and fasting

Answer 17

Bulimia Nervosa

Question 18

Significant binge eating followed by distress, disgust, or guit

Answer 18

Binge Eating Disorder

Question 19

2 types of white blood cells of the immune system that fight bacterial infections

Answer 19

Lymphocytes

Question 20

Fight Bacterial infection

Answer 20

B Lymphocytes

Question 21

Fight viruses, cancer cells, and foreign substances

Answer 21

T Lymphocytes

Question 22

Sustained activity such as running, swimming, or cycling that promotes lung fitness to help alleviate depression and anxiety

Answer 22

Aerobic Exercise