PSY 12000 Lecture 8: 01312019

• School: Purdue University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 12000
• Professor: George Hollich

Document Summary

Hunger hormones: ghrelin (stomach increases appetite) and leptin (fat cells decreases appetite) What makes us grow: three things, hhn, heredity, hormones, nutrition. Heredity: timing and end product is in the genes. Instrumental individuals think of the world as a hierarchy in which status matters a great deal. They are fine in a supporting role and are less comfortable tooting their own horn: androgynous individuals do both and generally do better. Become obese: refers to individuals who are at least 20% over their body weight, reflects heredity (activity level, basal metabolic rate) and environment (eating cues) Effective weight loss: change habits, establish goals and rewards (alternative reinforcement, get rid of environmental eating cures, exercise (even a little is good, monitoring, write it down (become aware, parental involvement. Opponent processes effects: weebles, dynamic system maintain equilibrium, your body will compensate over time, sleeping pills lead to sleeplessness, diets can lead to weight gain.