The role of learning in food preference

Social influences 

SLT:

• Observation, imitation, vicariour reinforcement, identification, modelling.
• Parental modelling, food intake, eating motivations, body dissatisfaction.
• Peer influences, the influence of friends in the school environment.
• Media effects, attitudes to food, personal circumstances, eg. age, income, family circumatances.

Classical conditioning:

• Pairing food, eg. birthdays and cake.

Operant conditioning:

• Using food as a reward, eg. if you behave, you can have a biscuit.

Cultural influences

Body dissatisfaction, negative feelings, ethnicity, social class, transmitted to group members, acculturation effect. 

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