Damage to the Hunger Satiety System Can Produce a Very

question 167

Multiple Choice

Damage to the hunger satiety system can produce a very fat rat, a condition called

• A)acquired bulimia.
• B)hippocampal obesity.
• C)hypothalamic hyperphagia.
• D)acromegaly.

---

Definitions:

Reliability

The consistency and dependability of a measure or test over time and across different conditions or administrations.

Variability of Data Set

The degree to which the numbers in a data set differ from each other and from their average; a measure of the spread or dispersion within the given information.

Standard Deviation

A statistic that measures the dispersion or variability within a dataset, indicating how much individual data points deviate from the mean of the data.

External Validity

The extent to which the results of a study can be generalized or applied to situations outside the original experimental setting.