PSY 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Santa Barbara City College, Blood Sugar, Insulin
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States of internal tension that motivate behaviour to reduce the tension. A state of physiological equilibrium that the body strives to maintain. When blood glucose levels decrease: liver converts stored nutrients to glucose, hypothalamus triggers hunger. When blood level increase: liver stops converting stored nutrients, hypothalamus triggers satiety. The study of human physical, cognitive, social, and behavioural characteristics across the lifespan. *note: these can all take place with either experimental or correlational designs. A developmental research design in which the same individuals are studied repeatedly over some subset of their lifespan. Original research question or measures may become obsolete. Results may not generalize to other generations. A developmental research design in which individuals from different age groups are studied at the same point in time. Can"t distinguish age effects from generational effects. A developmental research design in which individuals from different age groups are repeatedly tested over some subset of their lifespan.
