AQA A2 Psychology Unit 3 - Eating Behaviour - Anorexia Nervosa - Evolutionary

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Who came up with the Reproductive Suppression Hypothesis?
Surbey
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What does Surbeys Theory state?
Girls control their weight to delay sexual maturation
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What does this delay in maturity give the women the ability to do?
Chose when they give birth, when conditions for survival are better
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How does this theory link to modern day?
Girls control their weight to say pre-pubescent
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What is a criticism of the RSH?
25% of AN patients are male, this does not explain their reasoning
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What is a problem with the evolutionary approach on AN?
It cannot explain how is passes on as genetics
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How is this approach deterministic?
Does not take into account social and biological factors
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