Jordan Routinely Eats an Early Lunch Around 11:00 AM

question 31

Multiple Choice

Jordan routinely eats an early lunch around 11:00 AM. Even if there's no clock in sight, Jordan can tell when it's almost 11:00 AM because he feels hungry and wants to eat. Which of the following explanations accounts for this?

• A)Just as set-point theory would predict, Jordan has established an 11 AM set point for eating.
• B)Jordan has become classically conditioned so that the time of the day, 11 AM, is a conditioned stimulus (CS) for him, triggering internal bodily changes that increase his desire to eat.
• C)Negative energy balance and leptin resistance is occurring.
• D)Positive energy balance and leptin resistance is occurring.

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