Attitudes to food
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- Created on: 12-05-15 17:42
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- Attitudes towards food
- Can be influenced by culture
- Food restrictions differ between cultures
- European: dont regard insects as a food source
- Research evidence = link between culture and eating behaviour
- However
- The research evidence uses the natural method
- Culture is a naturally occurring IV
- Cause and effect cannot be established
- Culture is a naturally occurring IV
- The research evidence uses the natural method
- However
- Food restrictions differ between cultures
- Learnt through Classic and operant conditioning and social learning
- Classical conditioning
- Our PCG presents us with food -> association with appetite
- Associate PCG with appetite and stimuli of food; taste, smell
- PCG removed left with a set of stimuli associated with food and therefore appetite
- Associate PCG with appetite and stimuli of food; taste, smell
- Our PCG presents us with food -> association with appetite
- Equally operant conditioning plays a role in establishing particular eating patterns
- However
- As consistent patterns in food attitudes are seen across cultures social learning must be an important factor
- It is believed that vicarious reinforcement plays a role in establishing food taboos
- As consistent patterns in food attitudes are seen across cultures social learning must be an important factor
- However
- the wide variety and flexibility of diet supports learning theory
- The adoption of new food types within a culture such as olive oil
- Result from exposure to new food types and is an example of complex processes of social influence
- Learn our dietary patterns from family
- Many depart from family norms
- Reject foods eaten by the rest of the family
- Vegetarians
- Reject foods eaten by the rest of the family
- Many depart from family norms
- Learn our dietary patterns from family
- Result from exposure to new food types and is an example of complex processes of social influence
- The adoption of new food types within a culture such as olive oil
- Important to understand role of cognition
- Depressive states known to reduce appetite
- Dieting involves an active choice
- i.e. freewill to change our diet
- The weakness of behavioural arguments is most apparent if other perspectives are ignore
- A multi-perspective approach is needed to account for the complexity or the factors influencing eating behaviour
- Dieting involves an active choice
- Depressive states known to reduce appetite
- Classical conditioning
- Media and social influence
- Most prevalent in youth
- cognitive incompetence
- UK Gov. study (Food Standards Agency)
- Nearly 900 children
- 58% 7-16 had no serious food concerns
- However
- 42% concerned about food-related-lated diseases and illness
- Bird flu (in the media at the time)
- Fat
- Sugar
- Salt
- 42% concerned about food-related-lated diseases and illness
- However
- Around 95% said that eating healthily was personally important
- 82% agreed that eating healthily ewas personally important
- 79% obtained healthy eating info from school
- The vast majority aware 5 portions of fruit a day
- 31% obtained healthy eating info from family and friends
- Most trying to cut down down on sugary and fatty foods
- The vast majority aware 5 portions of fruit a day
- 31% obtained healthy eating info from family and friends
- 79% obtained healthy eating info from school
- 82% agreed that eating healthily ewas personally important
- 58% 7-16 had no serious food concerns
- Nearly 900 children
- A lot of advertisements for sugary and fatty snack are colourful and designed to appeal to children
- vicarious reinforcement
- Most prevalent in youth
- There are biological limits to learning theory
- it would be reductionist to ignore the biological under-pinnings of human behaviour
- Carbohydrates are linked to increased mood
- Increase in seretonin
- Neurotransmitter associated with mood
- Explain comfort-eating behaviour
- Neurotransmitter associated with mood
- Increase in seretonin
- Parker, Parker and Brotchie
- Meta-analysis of a wide range of research into eating behaviour, chocolate and moos
- Found no significant empirical evidence for chocolate enhancing mood
- They concluded that concluded that chocolate provides emotional pleasure
- Because it does not have a lasting effect on improving mood
- This has been expanded
- it is believed that the pleasure is transient and caused mainly by the "melt-in-the-mouth" smoothness of chocolate
- This challenges the biochemical theory
- it is believed that the pleasure is transient and caused mainly by the "melt-in-the-mouth" smoothness of chocolate
- This has been expanded
- Because it does not have a lasting effect on improving mood
- Meta-analysis of a wide range of research into eating behaviour, chocolate and moos
- Carbohydrates are linked to increased mood
- it would be reductionist to ignore the biological under-pinnings of human behaviour
- Can be influenced by culture
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