Introductory discussion: (beginning of chapter)

• The Amuse Bouche section of this chapter prompts students to identify their comfort food.
  • Discussion of comfort foods provides an avenue to review concepts from earlier in the textbook as well as from earlier classes.
  • From earlier classes – ask students to recall brain processes and chemicals that influence the experience of emotion and pleasure.
  • From earlier chapters:
    • Chapter 1: How might culture or identity influence the types of comfort foods a person identifies or enjoys?
    • Chapter 2: Encourage students to brainstorm operationalizations of comfort food and pleasure.
    • Chapter 3: Do comfort foods provide specific functional effects similar to those identified in this chapter?
    • Chapter 4: What is the evolutionary explanation for certain foods influencing emotions?

Chapter 5 Learning Objectives

• Apply the fundamental principles in biopsychology:
  • Demonstrate the three principles of nervous system function in ingestive behavior
  • Understand and explain the role of the nervous system and the endocrine system in eating
  • Contrast the perspectives of motivation and recognize contributions to eating
• Describe metabolism and homeostasis:
  • Recognize the role of each macronutrient in energy reservoirs and metabolism
  • Evaluate the homeostatic perspective and set-point assumption for regulation of eating behavior
• Explain the function of hunger and satiety signals:
  • Diagram relationships between these signals to note their origin, location of action, and interactions
  • Summarize the contributions and connections of various brain areas to the regulation of eating.
  • Integrate evidence to describe the relationship between self-control, mood, and eating
  • Synthesize the role of experience and pleasure in the regulation of feeding

Activities 

Resources to introduce biopsychology

Four Crumbs of Wisdom

Why do we believe in set-points?

Summary of Signals

Your Brain on Sugar 

Anatomy Explorations with Brain Atlas 

Comfort Food and Stress 

Mapping exercise