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Implications for society if anorexia is a learned disorder
Why is it an issue for society ( stats)
Over 1 million ppl in uk with Eating disorders
90% of anorexic females have an average onset age of 15 yrs
AN has the highest mortality rate of other mental health disorders
Short term impact
Weight loss
Hair loss
Menstrual cycle loss
Long term
Heart damage
Neurological disease
Why should we care
Girls pushed into anerxia
Disproportionately affects women
Causes illness
Academic fails produced
2 studies we use to appy
Social learning theory
Operant conditioning
How does social impact explain this
Attention- role model - models that eat one almond a day - role model because she’s skinny
Retention > recall behaviour > recall model diet
Reproduction> display when appropriate > adult hood being to go on diets
Motivation> praise that models gets because she’s sho skinny
Thinspire women to get anorexia GIGI HADID
How does operant conditioning explain this
positive reinforcement
—> gives compliments so that increase thinspire
positive punishment
—> insults so that decrease behaviour of eating
negative reinforcement
—> removing name calling to maintain increase thinspire
negative punishment
—> lose compliments because of eating > less eating
Symptoms of anorexia
Intense fear of gaining weight
Body dysmophia
Lack of recognition of the seriousness of the Low body weight