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Eating Behaviour Flashcards

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How many potential 16 markers could come up for this, and what are they?

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Outline and evaluate the role of learning if food preferences

Discuss evolutionary explanations of food preference

Discuss some of the neural and hormonal mechanisms involved in the control of eating behaviour

Outline and evaluate the biological explanation of anorexia nervosa

Outline and evaluate the psychological explanations of anorexia nervosa: Family Systems / SLT / Cogbitve Theory

Outline and evaluate the biological explanations for obesity

Outline and evaluate the psychological explanations for obesity

Outline and evaluate the success and failure of dieting

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Outline the role of learning of food preferences

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social Influence:
family
peers
media

Cultural influence:
context of meal
cultural norms

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Evaluate the role of learning of food preferences

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+ Correlational support showing positive correlation between mother and child diet

+ research support for the role of peers on eating

+ support for role of culture (chilli)

+ research support for role of culture (ohio/twitter)

-Correlational support, methodological problems

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Outline evolutionary explanations of food preference

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preferences:
sweet
meat

food avoidance

Neophobia

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Evaluate evolutionary explanation of food preference

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+ support for preference of Sweets (babies/taste buds)

+ practical application for taste aversion (cancer)

  • individual differences for taste aversion
  • Neophobia is adaptive
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Outline some of the neural and hormonal mechanisms involved in the control of eating behaviour

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LH

VMH

Ghrelin

Leptin

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Evaluate some of the neural and hormonal mechanisms involved in the control of eating behaviour

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+ support for dual store model

+ support for Leptin

  • Leptin deficiency

+ support for ghrelin

  • research uses alot of extrapolation
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Outline the biological explanation of anorexia nervosa

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high dopamine

high serotonin

twin studies

Family studies

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Evaluate the biological explanation of anorexia nervosa

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+ support for dopamine

+ support for serotonin (comparing to ocd)

  • ignores other influences
  • twin equal assumption principle
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Outline the psychological explanations of anorexia nervosa: Family Systems

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Enmeshment

Desire for autonomy

desire for control due to ineffective parenting

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Evaluate the psychological explanations of anorexia nervosa: Family Systems

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+ Research support for negative effects on Enmeshment

+/- Families are beneficial for treatment

  • Many AN families are not clearly Enmeshed
  • Too much emphasis on mother
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Outline the psychological explanations of anorexia nervosa: SLT

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Modelling

Media

Reinforcement

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Evaluate the psychological explanations of anorexia nervosa: SLT

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+ Research support for effect of media (Fiji)

+ Research support showing peers BMI have an effect on chances of EDS

  • Not all are vulrensbklityv
  • Reasons of media doesn’t explain AN in men
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Outline the psychological explanations of anorexia nervosa: Cognitive Theory

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Cognitive Distortions

Irrational Beliefs

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Evaluate the psychological explanations of anorexia nervosa: Cogbitve Theory

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+ Support from Strood Studies

+ Practical Application - CBTE is effective

  • Cotradictory research, overestimating normal?
  • Can’t establish cause and effect
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Outline the biological explanations for obesity

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Low dopamine

Low serotonin

Adoption Studies

Twin Studies

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Evaluate the biological explanations for obesity

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+ Support for less dopamine

+ Support for less serotonin

  • Equal environment Assumptions
  • family has less effect with age
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Outline the psychological explanations for obesity

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restraint model

Boudary model

Disinhibition (habitual / situational / emotional)

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Evaluate the psychological explanations for obesity

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+ support for restraint model

  • failure of restraint model limited to labs?
  • not all restraint leads to weight gain

+ support for boundary model

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Outline the success and failure of dieting

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success:
keeping record
mindful eating

failure:
boundary model
restraint model

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Evaluate the success and failure of dieting

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+ practical application - promotion if healthy eating as opposed to Dieting

  • focused on cognitive, biology has part also (set point)
  • Subjective, relies on anecdotal evidence
  • both free will and determinism (LDL/enzymes)

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