AQA Psychology for A Level Year 2 Flashbook

Neural and hormonal mechanisms in eating behaviour — multiple choice questions 1 Neural and hormonal mechanisms of eating are controlled by the: (a) Adrenal glands. (b) Pancreas. (c) Hypothalamus. 4 A key hormone suppressing appetite is: (a) Ghrelin. (b) Leptin. (c) NPY. 7 Much research into neural and hormonal mechanisms is: (a) Animal studies. (b) Correlational. (c) Based on self-report methods. 2 The mainmodel of this mechanism is: (a) Mono-centre model. (b) Play-centre model. (c) Dual-centre model. 5 Lesions to the VMH in rats can cause: (a) Anorexia. (b) Obesity. (c) Starvation. 8 Knowledge of neural and hormonal mechanisms can help: (a) Family influences on anorexia. (b) Solve the ‘obesity crisis’. (c) Cognitive factors in obesity. 3 The on-switch of the neural mechanism is the: (a) Lateral hypothalamus. (b) Ventromedial hypothalamus. (c) One on the wall, by the door. 6 Normal eating behaviour is controlledmostly by: (a) Social and cultural factors. (b) Genes. (c) The brain. Answers 1C 2C 3A 4B 5B 6A 7A 8B Possible extended writing questions: • Describe and evaluate neural and/or hormonal mechanisms involved in the control of eating behaviour. [AL = 16] • Discuss the roles of the hypothalamus, ghrelin and leptin in the control of eating behaviour. [AL = 16] 88 Topic 6: EaTing BEhaviour