PSYCH 460 EXAM 4 QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026
A Danish study correlating the weights of 540 adopted children with various adoptive and biological
relatives found ____. - Answers a higher correlation with biological relatives than adoptive relatives
A drug that stimulates melanocortin receptors would most likely ____. - Answers decrease meal size
After a lesion to the lateral preoptic area, a rat would react to an increase in sodium levels by ____. -
Answers drinking less and excreting highly concentrated urine
After damage to the lateral hypothalamus, animals ____. - Answers eat less
After damage to the preoptic area, an animal ____. - Answers fails to shiver and sweat sufficiently
Angiotensin II acts on the kidney to retain more sodium. - Answers False
An increase in the size of meals is most likely to occur following damage to which area of the
hypothalamus? - Answers paraventricular
An animal is most likely to eat more frequently and gain weight after damage to the ____. - Answers
ventromedial hypothalamus
An animal has trouble digesting its food after damage to the ____. - Answers lateral hypothalamus
By what means does the brain find out about the nutrient content of food in the stomach? - Answers
activity of the splanchnic nerves
Anorexia is a problem stemming from a lack of appetite. - Answers False
Damage to the ventromedial hypothalamus leads to eating ____. - Answers normal-sized meals, but
eating them more frequently
Chronically high insulin levels lead to increased appetite by ____. - Answers causing a high
percentage of available glucose to be stored as fat
In the control of appetite, CCK, leptin, and insulin converge their effects onto hypothalamic cells that
release transmitters in the ____ family. - Answers melanocortin
Leptin directly activates receptors in the part of the hypothalamus known as the ____. - Answers
arcuate nucleus
Hypovolemic thirst ____. - Answers can be satisfied better by salt water than by pure water
Diabetes insipidus literally means "passing without taste" because the urine is produced in such large
quantities that it is tasteless. This disease is most likely caused by a problem with the production or
release of ____. - Answers vasopressin
Fructose, used in corn syrup as a sweetener, may lead to increased obesity by ____. - Answers failing
to trigger satiety
Hunger and satiety-sensitive neurons in the arcuate nucleus affect neurons in the ____, thereby
affecting meal size. - Answers paraventricular nucleus
The brain finds out about the degree of stretch of the stomach from ____. - Answers activity of the
vagus nerve
The ability to digest lactose varies in a patchy way from place to place on which continent? - Answers
Africa
More Native American Pimas are overweight now than in the early 1900s because of a change in
which aspect of their lives? - Answers diet
Set points can change over time. - Answers True
Stomach distension is necessary to produce satiety. - Answers False
Which event would lead to eating a larger than normal meal? - Answers increasing NPY levels
When neuropeptide Y inhibits the paraventricular nucleus, it ____. - Answers produces extreme
overeating
A Danish study correlating the weights of 540 adopted children with various adoptive and biological
relatives found ____. - Answers a higher correlation with biological relatives than adoptive relatives
A drug that stimulates melanocortin receptors would most likely ____. - Answers decrease meal size
After a lesion to the lateral preoptic area, a rat would react to an increase in sodium levels by ____. -
Answers drinking less and excreting highly concentrated urine
After damage to the lateral hypothalamus, animals ____. - Answers eat less
After damage to the preoptic area, an animal ____. - Answers fails to shiver and sweat sufficiently
Angiotensin II acts on the kidney to retain more sodium. - Answers False
An increase in the size of meals is most likely to occur following damage to which area of the
hypothalamus? - Answers paraventricular
An animal is most likely to eat more frequently and gain weight after damage to the ____. - Answers
ventromedial hypothalamus
An animal has trouble digesting its food after damage to the ____. - Answers lateral hypothalamus
By what means does the brain find out about the nutrient content of food in the stomach? - Answers
activity of the splanchnic nerves
Anorexia is a problem stemming from a lack of appetite. - Answers False
Damage to the ventromedial hypothalamus leads to eating ____. - Answers normal-sized meals, but
eating them more frequently
Chronically high insulin levels lead to increased appetite by ____. - Answers causing a high
percentage of available glucose to be stored as fat
In the control of appetite, CCK, leptin, and insulin converge their effects onto hypothalamic cells that
release transmitters in the ____ family. - Answers melanocortin
Leptin directly activates receptors in the part of the hypothalamus known as the ____. - Answers
arcuate nucleus
Hypovolemic thirst ____. - Answers can be satisfied better by salt water than by pure water
Diabetes insipidus literally means "passing without taste" because the urine is produced in such large
quantities that it is tasteless. This disease is most likely caused by a problem with the production or
release of ____. - Answers vasopressin
Fructose, used in corn syrup as a sweetener, may lead to increased obesity by ____. - Answers failing
to trigger satiety
Hunger and satiety-sensitive neurons in the arcuate nucleus affect neurons in the ____, thereby
affecting meal size. - Answers paraventricular nucleus
The brain finds out about the degree of stretch of the stomach from ____. - Answers activity of the
vagus nerve
The ability to digest lactose varies in a patchy way from place to place on which continent? - Answers
Africa
More Native American Pimas are overweight now than in the early 1900s because of a change in
which aspect of their lives? - Answers diet
Set points can change over time. - Answers True
Stomach distension is necessary to produce satiety. - Answers False
Which event would lead to eating a larger than normal meal? - Answers increasing NPY levels
When neuropeptide Y inhibits the paraventricular nucleus, it ____. - Answers produces extreme
overeating
