Psychological explanations SLT
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- Created on: 18-01-19 19:34
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- Psychological explanations for AN (SLT)
- SLT
- Learning
- Direct learning of AN involves operant and classical conditioning
- Indirect learning involves observation of other people- behaviour is modelled and imitated if it is vicariously reinforced
- Modelling
- Models: 1. Provide a template to imitate 2. Can exist IRL or be synthetic (cartoon) 3. Modifies social norms by establishing acceptable or usual behaviour.
- Media is a powerful transmitter of Cultural ideals of body shape/size.
- Models: 1. Provide a template to imitate 2. Can exist IRL or be synthetic (cartoon) 3. Modifies social norms by establishing acceptable or usual behaviour.
- Vicarious reinforcement
- Model is rewarded for loosing weight and learns imitation has positive consequences
- Models: 1. Provide a template to imitate 2. Can exist IRL or be synthetic (cartoon) 3. Modifies social norms by establishing acceptable or usual behaviour.
- Media is a powerful transmitter of Cultural ideals of body shape/size.
- Models: 1. Provide a template to imitate 2. Can exist IRL or be synthetic (cartoon) 3. Modifies social norms by establishing acceptable or usual behaviour.
- Family members are major sources of VR
- If an older siblings actions are rewarded younger siblings are much more likely to imitate behaviour.
- Model is rewarded for loosing weight and learns imitation has positive consequences
- Learning
- Ditmar et al (2006): SLT and AN
- 162 British girls ages 5 - 8 were shown images of Barbie dolls, Emma dolls, or control objects (flowers etc.)
- If Barbie was scaled up to human size, her waist would be 39% smaller than most AN patients. Emma dolls have a more realistic shape
- Girls who saw Barbie images were significantly more dissatisfied with their own body shape and had lower self esteem
- Young girls identify with Barbie because of glamour associated with body shape - making them vulnerable to AN
- 162 British girls ages 5 - 8 were shown images of Barbie dolls, Emma dolls, or control objects (flowers etc.)
- Evaluation
- Strengths
- Becker et al found the most significant predictor of eating disorders of adolescent females in/on Fiji was how many of their friends had access to the media
- SLT predicts that individual girls are more likely to develop AN if her friends have access to the media, even if she doesn't
- Suggests that favourable discussion of thin celebrities encourages reinforcement of behaviour seeking thinness
- SLT predicts that individual girls are more likely to develop AN if her friends have access to the media, even if she doesn't
- SLT explains cultural changes linked to AN
- AN is less common in non-western cultures but the numbers are rapidly increasing due to changing cultural norms
- Increased rate in Japan in the last 40 years as traditional values of favouring plumpness are displaced by western culture through the media
- AN is less common in non-western cultures but the numbers are rapidly increasing due to changing cultural norms
- Treatment applications
- Treatment where immediate weight gain is necessary
- Modelling as a treatment
- Celebrities that offer alternative to the thin ideal
- Strength because it increases validity as it has real life applciations
- Becker et al found the most significant predictor of eating disorders of adolescent females in/on Fiji was how many of their friends had access to the media
- Weaknesses
- Fails to explain why AN is not more common
- Another factor must be involved - all women are exposed to 'ideal body' role models, meaning Genetic/ Environmental factors must lead to an underlying vulnerability
- Fails to explain why AN is not more common
- Strengths
- SLT
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