Eating Behaviour

Question 1

Evaluative research on slt

Answer 1

• Brown and Ogden = correlation in snacking/eating motivation and body dissatisfaction between mothers and children
• Birch and Fisher = best predictor is mums dietary restrictions

Question 2

Cultural influences on eating research

Answer 2

-Powell and Khan: body dissatisfaction and eating disorders more common in white ethnicities
BUT Mumford et al says opposite!
-Ball and Kennardy = acculturation effect

Question 3

Reasons diets fail - Restraint theory evidence

Answer 3

• Herman & Bolivy - doeters never meet their satiety level as dietary boundary prevents it
• Herman and Mack - ps given preload before taste test either high cal or lo cal. If high cal, ate more overall

Question 4

Reasons diets fail: Denial evidence

Answer 4

• Wegner white bear study = those told not to think about bear did more often
• Kern found high levels of LPL coding gene in obese people (could be genes)

Question 5

Reasons diets succeed: Detail view evidence

Answer 5

-Redden - split in 2 groups and given jelly beans. If given more info enjoy it more and get bored less easily

Question 6

Evidence for Dual Centre Theory

Answer 6

• Cummings et al - took ghrelin levels every 5 mins and ps reported hungriest every 30 = correlated!
• Hetherington and Ranson lesioned VMH in rats led to overeating
• Gold says VMH alone = no hyperphagia (PVN)

Question 7

Evidence for NPY and leptin

Answer 7

Wicked injected NPY = rats immediately ate
Stanley et al injections = obese rats
Marie - rats continued to overeat after NPY worn off

Question 8

Evaluative research on social cognition models

Answer 8

• Shepherd and Stockley = TRA to predict fat intake. ALL better predictor than social pressure
• Axelson supports this in reference to fast food consumption