PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Body Mass Index, David Buss, Drive Theory

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Doug Mc Cann

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Homeostasis again: drive theories don"t explain all motivation. Factors that determine food consumption and energy expenditure achieves an equilibrium: dietary restraint people are constantly thinking about food while dieting, so overindulge. Sex is the bargaining tool: david buss, men place more inference on women attractiveness, women place more interest on money, strength, ability of men, sexual orientation, sexual orientation a person"s preference for emotional and sexual relationships with. Detached poor weak father: 75%-90% of highly feminine young boys turn out to be gay when older. Masculine young girls being lesbian when older: roots of homosexuality are more biological than environmental. Experience multiple orgasms: refractory period a time following an orgasm during which males are largely. Unresponsive to further stimulation: achievement: in search of excellence, achievement motive need to master difficult challenges, to outperform others, and to meet. Occurs when sweat glands increase their activity: polygraph lie detector test that records autonomic fluctuations while a subject is.