Eating Disorders, Emotions and Sexual Response Cycle

These flashcards cover key terms and concepts from the lecture on eating disorders, emotional theories, and the sexual response cycle.

Anorexia Nervosa

An eating disorder characterized by an individual maintaining body weight that is well below average through starvation and/or excessive exercise.

Bariatric Surgery

A type of surgery that modifies the gastrointestinal system to reduce the amount of food that can be eaten and/or limits how much of the digested food can be absorbed.

Basolateral Complex

Part of the brain with dense connections to a variety of sensory areas, critical for classical conditioning and attaching emotional value to memory.

Binge Eating Disorder

An eating disorder characterized by binge eating and associated distress.

Bulimia Nervosa

An eating disorder characterized by binge eating followed by purging.

Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion

The theory that physiological arousal and emotional experience occur at the same time.

Central Nucleus

Part of the brain involved in attention, connected to the hypothalamus, regulating the autonomic nervous and endocrine systems.

Cognitive-Mediational Theory

The theory that our emotions are determined by our appraisal of a stimulus.

Cultural Display Rule

Culturally specific standards that govern the types and frequencies of emotions that are acceptable.

Drive Theory

The theory that deviations from homeostasis create physiological needs resulting in psychological drive states that direct behavior to meet the need.

Emotion

Subjective state of being often described as feelings.

Extrinsic Motivation

Motivation that arises from external factors or rewards.

Facial Feedback Hypothesis

The hypothesis that facial expressions can influence our emotions.

Gender Dysphoria

A diagnostic category in DSM-5 for individuals who experience enduring distress due to their gender identity not aligning with their sex assigned at birth.

Gender Identity

An individual’s sense of being male, female, neither, both, or another gender.

Hierarchy of Needs

A spectrum of needs ranging from basic biological needs to social needs to self-actualization.

Instinct

A species-specific pattern of behavior that is unlearned.

Intrinsic Motivation

Motivation based on internal feelings rather than external rewards.

James-Lange Theory of Emotion

The theory that emotions arise from physiological arousal.

Leptin

A satiety hormone that regulates energy balance by inhibiting hunger.

Metabolic Rate

The amount of energy that is expended in a given period of time.

Obese Adult

An adult with a BMI of 30 or higher.

Orgasm

The peak phase of the sexual response cycle associated with rhythmic muscle contractions and ejaculation.

Overweight Adult

An adult with a BMI between 25 and 29.9.

Plateau

Phase of the sexual response cycle that falls between excitement and orgasm.

Polygraph

A lie detector test that measures physiological arousal of individuals as they answer questions.

Refractory Period

The time immediately following an orgasm during which an individual is incapable of experiencing another orgasm.

Resolution Phase

Phase of the sexual response cycle following orgasm during which the body returns to its unaroused state.

Satiation

Fulness; satisfaction.

Schachter-Singer Two-Factor Theory of Emotion

The theory that emotions consist of two factors: physiological arousal and cognitive appraisal.

Self-Efficacy

An individual’s belief in their own capabilities to complete a task.

Set Point Theory

The assertion that each individual has an ideal body weight that is resistant to change.

Severe Obesity

An adult with a BMI over 40.

Sexual Orientation

Emotional, romantic, and/or erotic attraction to other people or no people.

Sexual Response Cycle

Divided into 4 phases including excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution.

Transgender Hormone Therapy

The use of hormones to make one’s body look more like a different sex or gender.

Yerkes-Dodson Law

The law stating that simple tasks are performed best when arousal levels are relatively high, while complex tasks are best performed when arousal is lower.