PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLANATION OF ANOREXIA 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyEating disordersA2/A-levelAQA Created by: Laura BCreated on: 08-06-15 19:04 OPERANT CONDITIONING Suggests AN is reinforced through pos and neg reinforcement POS: compliments NEG: getting rid of anxiety about gaining weight It's also thought AN is adopted through vicarious reinforcement People may develop AN by observing an imitating the behaviour of someone they may see as a role model Indivi may observe the pos consquences of someone losing weight and begin doing it themselves suggesting AN is a learnt behaviour 1 of 7 CULTURE AO1 Suggests culture can also be used to explain why some people develop AN Research has suggested that AN is more likely to occur in cultures that are more judgemental about self apperance Studies have suggeted that particualrly teenage girls are dissatisfied with the way they look These often occur in cultures where role models in the media are portrayed as thin which youn girls may aspire to be like herefore suggesting cultrue can reinforce weight lose leading to AN 2 of 7 MEDIA AO1 Thought media was to play a role in the development in AN In many cultures the media presents thin women as the ideal body shape It's believed that girls in particualr internalise these cultural standards of beauty and create tensions betwen ideal self and real self This can led to dissatisfaction with the body leading to AN 3 of 7 IDAS REDUCTIONISM DETERMINISM GENDER BIAS 4 of 7 HOEK AO2 Supported that culture was influencial in AN Looked at both black and white inhabitants on their opnions of body shape in Curaco Blacks were seen to have lower levelsof AN than whites Suggests culture does influnce AN as white women are seen to be more dissatisfied with their body as they aspire to westernised images AO3 - POP VALIDITY 5 of 7 GROESZ AO2 Did a meta-analysis of 25 studies Found dissatifaction in body weight occuring after exposure to media if they don't have the idela body Media does influence AN developemnt 6 of 7 BECKER AO2 FIJI STUDY - LOOKED AT THE INFLUENCE OF EATING BEHAVIOUR BEFORE AND AFTER THE INTRODUCTIONISM OF WESTERN INFLUENCES AFTER 5YEARS THE RATE OF WOMEN WITH AN INCREASED IS SIGNIFICANT 7 of 7
Outline and evaluate one psychological explanation and one biological explanation of one eating disorder. (8 marks + 16 marks) 0.0 / 5
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