Eating Behaviour

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A-Level Psychology (Eating Behaviour) Mind Map on Eating Behaviour, created by Hannah Richardson on 02/01/2016.
Hannah Richardson
Mind Map by Hannah Richardson, updated more than 1 year ago
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Eating Behaviour
  1. Culture
    1. There are SIGNIFICANT differences in diets across cultures. This can be due to AVALIABILITY, RELIGION or TRADITION.
      1. Avaliability - for example eskimos eat seal as that is the primary meat avaliable to them.
        1. Religion - for example Muslims will only eat Halal meat and teh majority won't eat pig products.
          1. Tradition - for example the French will eat frogs legs and snails, while the Japanese will eat insects and snakes, all of these are not considered "food" in England.
          2. WARDLE ET AL - surveryed 16,000 young adults in 21 countries across Europe. Those in meditarranean countries ate more fruit and vegetables, while those in Scandinavian countries ate more fibre. This shows a difference in preferences.
            1. Parental Attitudes
              1. Children aquire eating behaviours by observing the behaviour of their parents.
                1. OLIVERA ET AL - found a relationship between mother's intake in food and thei pre-school child's intake.
                  1. BROWN and OGDEN - found a correlation between parents and their children's snack intake, eating motivations and body satisfaction.
                  2. Media
                    1. The media can promote a particular food and exert a huge influence over people in modernised societies. Children often show a preference for highly advertised foods e.g. McDonalds.
                      1. MACINTYRE - found that the media has a MAJOR influence on what people eat and their attitudes towards certain foods.
                      2. Social Learning Theory
                        1. By observing others and how/what they eat, we are IMPACTED and change our own eating behaviour and preferences to those around us.
                          1. LOWE ET AL - younger children were shown videos of 'food-dudes' eating healthy foods the younger chidlren had previously refused. this EXPOSURE lead to the chidlren SIGNIFICANTLY chnaging tehir own attitudes to seem cool and be liked (normative).
                            1. Another factor is EXPOSURE and FAMILIARITY, we prefer foods we have had greater exposure to and that are not 'novel'.
                              1. NEOPHOBIA - fear of new foods.
                          2. Mood
                            1. Serotonin Hypothesis
                              1. Opiate Hypothesis
                              2. Explanations for the Success and Failure of Dieting
                                1. Health
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