Exam 6: Motivation and the Regulation of Internal States

Ravi has begun eating his lunch. Saliva is being produced in his mouth as he starts to chew and swallow his salad. These processes are being controlled by his ______.

Ruby has struggled with anorexia for most of her life. One night she was out with friends and they all took meth. While her friends experienced euphoria in response to the drug, Ruby felt ______.

How does the hypovolemic thirst signal get from the kidneys to the brain?

Which part of the nervous system controls digestion?

How does having a BMI over 25 impact life expectancy?

An animal that obtains all of its needed nutrients from plants is called a(n) ______.

Sean ate chili one night for dinner. Later that night, he came down with the flu and was sick to his stomach. Now Sean cannot even tolerate the smell of chili. What phenomenon accounts for Sean's reaction to chili?

Which of the following is a criticism of drive theory?

Which of the following individuals would have an erroneously high BMI value?

What can a woman do during pregnancy to influence the obesity risk of her baby?

Explain how each of the following theories of motivation built upon each other to more completely address motivation: instinct theory, drive theory, incentive theory, and arousal theory.

What impact does the human adenovirus-36 appear to have on body weight?

During pregnancy, women experience changes in the digestive process. One such change is that digestion is slowed, which results in ______.

We are not very likely to see Jennifer Hudson (or any other formerly overweight celebrity) hawking CCK as the newest weight-loss wonder because ______.

If you injected orexin into someone, that person would suddenly become very hungry.

Genetic factors account for a greater percentage of disordered eating symptoms in adolescents than in children.

Drive theory mostly explains which type of behavior?

What would be the best way for a parent to apply the results of Clara Davis's research on infant food preferences to encourage healthy eating of their children?

One neuropeptide that increases eating in response to both short-term and long-term cues about nutrient needs is ______.

Using parabiotic mice to investigate genetic influences on obesity, it was found that ______.