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Eating Behaviours
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1What are four factors that influence attitudes to food and eating behaviours?
- ASocial Learning
- BTaste Aversion
- CMood
- DAssociative Learning
- EEthnicity
- FFamiliarity
2In the Theory of Planned Behaviour, behavioural intentions are made up of what?
- ASelf-efficiacy, response efficacy and response cost.
- BAttitude, subjective norms and behavioural control.
- CAvailability, religion and environment adaptations.
3What are five reasons why women want to lose weight?
- AAvailability
- BPeer Groups
- CEthnicity
- DThe Boundary Model
- EMedia Influence
- FSocial Class
- GSelf-Monitoring
- HFamily
4What are four things that can make dieting successful?
- ATreating it like a lifestyle change.
- BOnly restricting calories.
- CDoing it by yourself.
- DSelf-Monitoring
- ETreating it as a temporary change.
- FDoing physical exercise.
- GGroup/individual support
5What is the cognitive boundary in the Boundary Model?
- AThe point where we get full.
- BOur calorie limit that we set for ourselves.
6What are two criticisms of the Boundary Model?
- AIt is deterministic.
- BIt is undermined by Herman and Mack's preload taste test.
- CIt doesn't explain why people find it difficult to stick to diets.
- DIt doesn't explain why anorexics don't suffer from the disinhibition effects if they cross their cognitive boundary.
7Which of the following points are relevant to Herman and Mack's study?
- AThere was an independent groups design with 15 participants in each of the 3 conditions.
- BIn one condition, there was a chocolate preload.
- CThe first group received no preload.
- DThey concluded that the Boundary Model was incorrect.
- EThe high restrained eaters ate the most amount of ice cream in the third group.
- FThe second group received one milkshake.
- GThe participants were asked to taste ice cream with no limit to how much they could eat.
- HThe third group were given two milkshakes.
- IThey concluded that there is in fact a disinhibition effect so therefore the Boundary Model is correct.
- JThe low restrained eaters ate the least amount of ice cream in the third group.
8Herman and Mack's study can be criticised for not being ethical.
- ATrue
- BFalse
9Herman and Mack's study can be criticised for the results being biased.
- ATrue
- BFalse
10Herman and Mack's study can be criticised for using correlational data.
- ATrue
- BFalse
11What is digestion?
- AControls blood glucose levels.
- BBreaking down food into essential components e.g. sugar and amino acids.
12What is the Dual Centre Model of Feeding after 1. Feelings of hunger occur?
- A2. Eating is inhibited
- B2. Eating occurs
- C3. There is a decrease in Glucose levels but an increase in Ghrelin release
- D3. There is an increase in Glucose levels but a decline in Ghrelin release
- E4. The Ventromedial Hypothalamus is activated
- F5. Feelings of satiety occur.
- G6. Eating occurs
- H6. Eating is inhibited
- I7. Glucose levels decline but Ghrelin levels rise
- J8. The Lateral Hypothalamus is activated
13Which four of the following are evolutionary explanations of food preferences?
- ASerotonin
- BTaste Aversion
- CThe Embryo Protection Hypothesis
- DAdapt to Flee Famine Hypothesis
- EPreference for Meat
- FAssociative Learning
- GFood Neophobia
14Which of the following is relevant to the Serotonin explanation of anorexia?
- AThere is evidence to suggest that anorexia is caused by a neurotransmitter imbalance.
- BEating disorders can appear across generations in the same families.
- CIt has been suggested that when serotonin levels are low, people are more likely to develop an eating disorder.
- DKaye et al. found that there was a reduction in the serotonin levels of people who have recovered from eating disorders.
- EPeople who have eating disorders tend to have low self-esteem and to be perfectionists.
15Which of the following are relevant to the Adapt to Flee Famine Hypothesis explanations of anorexia?
- AImages of the perfect woman have become taller and slimmer over the last 50 years.
- BAnorexia is a reflection of adaptive behaviours in the environment of evolutionary adaptations.
- CWhen we existed as hunter-gatherers we needed to regularly move in order to maintain a regular food supply. This was because food supplies in an area would become exhausted.
- DThe key characteristics of people with anorexia are restlessness and high levels of activity which contrasts with the usual assumption that weight loss leads to inactivity and depression.
- EEating disorders often occur together with obsessive compulsive tendencies.
- FAnorexia would help the individual to migrate so therefore famine and migration is responsible for anorexia.
16Which of the following are relevant to the Media explanation of anorexia?
- APeople who develop eating disorders tend to have low self-esteem and to be perfectionists.
- BIt has been shown that individuals with anorexia act more impulsively than they self report.
- CGirls internalise culturally defined standards of beauty and size. This leads to dissatisfaction.
- DBecker et al. supports the Media explanation by finding that there were no cases of anorexia in Fiji. Once TV was introduced with Western programmes, the number of anorexia cases dramatically rose.
- EImages of the perfect women have become slimmer and taller over the last 50 years.
17Which of the following are relevant to the Psychodynamic explanation of anorexia?
- AFreud suggested that eating was a substitute for sexual activity and not eating was a way of repressing sexual thoughts.
- BCrisp suggested that self-starvation leads to the postponement of the menstrual cycle. It is an attempt to postpone adulthood.
- CConnan et al. argues that maternal anxiety has a biological effect on the HPA stress response in the developing child.
18Which of the following are relevant to the integrated approach to explaining anorexia?
- AResearch evidence suggests that there must be an interaction between biological and psychological factors in eating disorders.
- BBaker et al. suggested that a child develops anorexia to divert attention away from other family problems.
- CMaternal anxiety has a biological effect on the HPA stress response in the developing child. This can lead to the child having an over-reactive stress system. Anorexia usually has its onset in adolescence which is a stressful time.
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- Quiz on Eating Behaviours, created by Rebecca Maclean on 06/06/2015.
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