Psych 111 exam 2: extra from reading

Glucostatic hypothesis

Body care more about blood level of glucose

when blood glucose level drops, glucose receptor in brain activates and tells to eat

Lipostatic hypothesis

When fat storage deviates from target, body take steps to return to homeostasis

Full fate cells secret hormone leptin into bloodstream where its sensed by receptors in parts of brain telling it no eat

Body weight set point 

animals have weight they seek to maintain 

When body eats less food, it responds by using less calories throughout the day to defend set point 

Anorexia nervosa 

Intense fear of gaining weight 

Bulimia nervosa

Extreme concern with their weight and appearance but have normal body due to combination of uncontrollable binge eating and compensatory behavior (purging)

Body mass index

Person’s weight (kg) divided by high² (m)

Thrifty gene hypothesis

There lot of obesity problem in world because our ancestors lived in time of unpredictable food supply and those that is able to effectively store food in body lived

Loss aversion

people feel the pain of a loss more intensely than the pleasure of an equivalent gain

Overconfidence bias

tendency to overestimate the accuracy of one’s knowledge and judgment Hindsight bias

Hindsight bias

“Knew it all along” tendency to see past events as more predictable than they actually were once they happen

Learned helplessness

developing a passive resignation to our situation because of past experiences we couldn’t control (extrinsic vs intrinsic control)

Depressive realism

knowing too well of the many things in the world that we can’t control

Masculinity and Femininity (vocab and how defined) 

Agency: assertive, dominant, competitive, independent 

Femininity: Oriented to others, gentle, cooperative, caring