Drive States

What is the definition of a drive state as presented in the text?

What is the term for the tendency of an organism to maintain a stable state across its various physiological systems?

According to the text, how do homeostatic mechanisms motivate action to restore balance when a person departs from a set point?

Which of the following is NOT described as a form of attention-narrowing caused by intense drive states?

What did the study by Ariely and Loewenstein in 2006 find about the effect of sexual arousal on male undergraduates?

What is the primary internal cue mentioned in the text that generally triggers hunger?

Which part of the brain is identified as playing a very important role in eating behavior by synthesizing and secreting various hormones related to hunger?

What is the effect of having lesions (damage) in the lateral hypothalamus (LH)?

What is the process of 'satiation'?

Which part of the hypothalamus plays a critical role in satiation?

In males, which brain region is strongly related to sexual arousal and pleasure?

What is the role of the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) in female mammals' sexual behavior?

What is lordosis behavior, as mentioned in the context of female rat sexual arousal?

According to Panksepp (2004), brain areas important for female sexuality overlap extensively with areas connected to what other function?

Which brain region is identified as playing an important role in sexual pleasure for both males and females, showing considerable activity during orgasm?

What did the study by Brendl, Markman, and Messner (2003) demonstrate about the effect of a hunger drive state?

What did the study by Giordano et al. (2002) find about heroin addicts who were craving the drug?

How do drive states differ from other affective or emotional states according to the text?

What determines the reward value of a food item, according to the text?

What is the consequence of damage to the preoptic area in male rats that have had prior sexual experiences?

According to the text, what is a key difference between drive states like thirst and fear?

What real-world problem is presented as an example of a mismatch between our evolved drive states and our modern environment?

What is the role of the periaqueductal gray in the context of female rat sexual behavior?

What is the function of a 'set point' in the context of homeostasis?

In Gawin's 1991 report, what do cocaine addicts claim happens to their thoughts during binges?

What happens to the firing rate of neurons in the orbitofrontal cortex at the sight of food when an organism is hungry compared to when it is satiated?

What type of nutrient were the couple lost at sea, who began to crave fish eyes, depleted of?

What is the third form of attention-narrowing caused by intense drive states described in the text?

In the experiment by Olds & Milner in 1954, what did they find about electrical stimulation of the septal nucleus in rats?

The text uses an analogy to describe how homeostatic mechanisms work. What is this analogy?

What is the primary function of the sensory cortices (visual, olfactory, taste) in the context of eating behavior?

What did Heath (1964) report about stimulating the septal nucleus in humans?

Which of these is NOT listed as a drive state that has been studied by researchers?

What is the effect of artificially stimulating the lateral hypothalamus (LH) with electrical currents?

According to the text, the use of deprivation of sleep, food, or water in interrogation methods is designed to trigger what response in the subject?

What does the text suggest about the relationship between the lateral hypothalamus (LH) and the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH)?

Which hormone, regulated by the ventromedial hypothalamus, controls sexual receptivity in female mammals?

According to the text, what is the 'devaluation effect' observed by Brendl, Markman, and Messner?

In the concluding paragraph, the text states that unrestricted sexual arousal can have perverse effects, citing which group as an example?

What is the relationship between brain areas for male sexuality and aggression?

How do hunger and satiation relate to each other?

What is an example of an external cue for hunger mentioned in the text?

What role does the amygdala play in the context of sexual pleasure?

The feeling of pleasure from putting one's hand in warm water when cold is an example of what homeostatic principle?

According to the text, what is one of the main problems of the 21st century influenced by the mismatch between our drive states and modern life?

What makes drive states unique compared to all other affective states?

What was the effect of lesions of the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) on rats, as mentioned by Teitelbaum (1955)?

What is the second form of attention-narrowing produced by drive states?

How do defensive responses in female rats change during sexual arousal?

Which two factors are required for homeostasis to be maintained?