Dieting - EATING BEHAVIOURS

Question 1

Three main theories of Dieting

Answer 1

1)Detail (succes)
2)Role of Denial (failure)
3)Boundary Model (failure)

Question 2

Detail theiry Who proposed it

Answer 2

Redden (2008)

Question 3

summarise detail theory

Answer 3

Redden (2008)
-Secret to successful dieting = the attention we pay to it
- People usually like experiences less when they repeat them
-Repetition and monotony makes dieting hard .
-enjoyment of an eating regime depends on how much repetition is perceived
-To overcome the ‘boredom’
Think about each thing you eat in detail

Question 4

Redden research (2008) into Detail theory

Answer 4

-135 p.p.
-Each given 22 jelly beans one at a time
-Group 1 given general info on a computer e.g: ‘bean no. 7’
-group 2 given specific info on computer e.g: cherry flavour bean no. 8’

Found:
-Group one grew bored more quickly
-Group 2 enjoyed the task more
-Suggests detail leads to enjoyment

Question 5

The role of Denial in diets Overview

Answer 5

-Attempting to supress or deny a thought has the opposite effect- more prominent
-Wegner (1994) refers to this phenomenon as the ‘theory of ironic processes of mental control’.
-It represents a paradoxical effect of thought control (ie denial backfires)
-As soon as you deny food, It simultaneously becomes more attractive

Question 6

Wegner et al research

Answer 6

Wegner et al (1987) asked some p.p not to think about a white bear, but to ring a bell if they did.
-Told others TO think of a white bear
FOUND those told NOT to think of the bear rang their bells far more often