Motivation

Question 1

Motivation

Answer 1

working for something you need

Question 2

Drive Reduction Theory

Answer 2

Clark Hull, if. an organism is. deprived of something it will work to get it “drive” is an unconscious involuntary thought just like Freud

Question 3

What happens if an organism doesn’t have its biological need?

Answer 3

it will work to get it

Question 4

What happens if an organism has its biological need?

Answer 4

it will not work as hard to get it, it reduces our drive

Question 5

Need example?

Answer 5

water, food, etc..

Question 6

Drive example?

Answer 6

hunger, thirst

Question 7

Drive reducing behavior example?

Answer 7

eating and drinking

Question 8

A need produced/stimulates a drive so we drive reducing theory.

Answer 8

true

Question 9

Drive Reduction Theory, is a theory by

Answer 9

Clark Hull

Question 10

Do obese people have an abnormal motivation towards food?

Answer 10

Some probably do, but some people simply put on weight easier than others.

Question 11

A common current argument: we have been naturally selected for the ability to put on (store) weight in times of food excess

Answer 11

but most other animals have probably experienced similar selection pressures

Question 12

What are the major health problems in other countries?

Answer 12

Obesity and associated diseases (diabetes, heart disease)

Question 13

What contributes to the development of obesity

Answer 13

Genes and environment contribute to the development of obesity

Question 14

What is the result of obesity?

Answer 14

At its core, obesity results from the chronic intake of more calories than are needed

Question 15

What leds to ob/ob obesity in leptin

Answer 15

This phenotype results from a mutation in the leptin gene, a satiety hormone produced by fat cells
Mutations in the leptin gene or its receptor account for only ~1% of the cases of human obesity

Question 16

Hunger centers in the brain

Answer 16

The ventromedial hypothalamic syndrome: caused hunger in the brain and more weight gain. Involved in hunger and fear

Question 17

The perception of a full stomach is partly responsible for feeling full (Cannon & Washburn 1912)

Answer 17

true

Question 18

What motivates people?

Answer 18

food and sex

Question 19

A great deal of current research is aimed at understanding obesity, which can be thought of as a disease state that results from overeating

Answer 19

Ture

Question 20

Obesity is

Answer 20

Many factors contribute to body weight regulation, but if more calories are taken in than are expended, weight gain will result

Question 21

Once basic needs are met, we have other needs on the journey to “self-actualization”

Answer 21

true