Activity for the book My Psychology

Chapter App 8.2 Set Point

Use your experience with the app in Chapter App: 8.2 Set Point or view this video overview to answer the questions.

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According to its website, one of the unique benefits of the Lose It! app is that it allows each user to create a personalized weight loss program based on their goals and eating behaviors. This flexibility aligns with the idea that each person has a specific weight that their body tends to return to, known as .
Marten has had to visit the doctor several times in the past year for issues related to his weight. He is motivated to use the Lose It! app because he is concerned about the financial strain that his future health care might cause. Which of the following terms best describes Marten’s motivation?
Sefina lost 20 pounds in one year using the Lose It! app. To maintain her new weight, Sefina begins to jog regularly along a jogging path near her apartment. This path includes exercise stations with chin-up bars and other exercise equipment. These convenient features (path, exercise equipment) that provide easy opportunities for exercise are part of Sefina’s .
Frank and Ari have decided to use the Lose It! app together to manage their weight. They are roughly the same size and weight when they begin, and they eat the same meals and snacks, exercise together, and maintain similar lifestyles. But over the course of a month, Ari loses significantly more weight than Frank. The difference in weight loss might be due to differences in their , which affects how quickly their bodies burn energy.
Which of the following statements best describes the difference between set point and settling point?