Class 6 Flashcards
Kemmerspeck
Weight gained from emotional eating
Social facilitaion
Eating more when we’re around other people. It’s a social activity
Impression management
Eating in order to fit in or not be embarrassed. Eating less or healthier
Minimal eating norm
Good manners. At least in some cultures is to eat small amounts toa avoid seeming rude
Modeling
Eating whatever others eat
Mindless eating
Proposed by Brian Wansink. The notion that more of our eating behaviour is automatic instead of thoughtful
Mindless eating study
They went to a movie theater and gave away free popcorn in large and medium containers
Mindless eating outcomes
45% of people ate more fresh popcorn when it was out of the big tub
Mindless eating conclusion
We are influenced by the container size
Mindless eating study part 2
The same as above but with 14 day old popcorn.
Mindless eating results part 2
33.6% of people ate more popcorn from the large container despite reporting to not liking it
Reports of mindless eaters
77% of people given the large tubs said they would have eaten the same amount if given a smaller container
Dish size and consumption
The smaller the dish the less people will eat. Especially snack
Bottomless soup procedure
He gave some people a bowl of soup and others a bowl that never got less than half full
Bottomless soup outcome
The ones with the bottomless bowl reported being more hungry despite eating more
Visual perception and portion
People are more likely to eat more when the color of the plate and food is the same
Healthy food places
Customers underestimate and over consume calories
Healthy items on the menu
Make the unhealthy options seem better, and by considering the healthy option people feel more justified in the unhealthy one
The beginning of psychology and sex
Freud proposed that all female enjoyment should be removed
Masturbation in 1876
Was reported as the leading cause of mental illness
Alfred Kinsey
First to take a scientific approach to sex in the 1940’s. Tried to debunk myths about female sexuality
Alfred kinsey conclusion
Men and women as sexually similar but women have lesser sexual capacity
Masters and Johnson
Found that the orgasm is the same in both genders but women have higher sexual capacity because they can have many orgasms