Exam 6: Motivation and the Regulation of Internal States

In animal models of obesity,a mutation in the ___ gene can produce an animal that is very obese and has a yellow coat color;however.a particular ___ by the mother can alter this outcome in any offspring with this mutation.

Obesity in rodents can result from being:

Papillae are:

Which of the following statements regarding taste preferences is true?

Prader-Willi syndrome involves:

Based on what you now know,you might speculate that obese individuals who are extremely resistant to losing weight might have an overactive ___ system.

Osmotic thirst occurs:

If someone stimulated your area postrema,you would begin uncontrollably eating.

The effectiveness of serotonin-specific antidepressants in treating bulimia is due to the improvement in mood the antidepressants produce.

Learned taste aversions happen most often between:

Some examples of incentives are:

Digestion is under the control of the autonomic nervous system.

Generally,fat levels are proportional to:

In the last 50 years,human life expectancy has approximately doubled,but in the next 50 years ___ resulting from obesity may stop or even reverse this increase.

Medical treatments for obesity and obesity-related health problems cost an estimated ___ dollars annually in the United States.

Osmotic thirst and hypovolemic thirst:

Six-year-old Dana went to Disney World,ate hot dogs,rode the coaster,and got sick.She now hates hot dogs due to:

What different mechanisms control the termination of a meal in the short term? What different mechanisms control termination of a meal in the long term?

The benefits of gastric bypass surgery include:

Taste preferences in humans are: