PSY 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Basal Metabolic Rate, Androgen Deficiency, Brown Adipose Tissue
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Past beliefs: overweight people due to emoional disturbances. Dieing slows down (a large person"s) the basal metabolic rate to conserve fat reserves and energy: a thin person"s metabolic rate increases as they overeat. Sweets and sugar increases dopamine levels in the brain, pleasure-inducing pathways. Eaing habits and acivity levels are shaped by culture"s customs and standards of the ideal body . Passionate, romanic love: infatuaion, high school crushes, intense emoions and sexual passion. Neurological origins of passionate love being in infancy: atachment with mother, common evoluionary purpose of love to preserve species. Endorphins: released by brain during characterisic feelings and acions that occur during atachment. Adult passionate love and infant-mother love are biologically similar because of the release of oxytocin and endorphins. Atachment theory of love: securely atached lovers: rarely jealous or worried (64%, insecurely atached/avoidant lovers: jealous and worried (25%)
