learning key question

Question 1

what is the learning key question

Answer 1

Does the media influence eating disorders?

Question 2

what is anorexia

Answer 2

• Anorexia is diagnosed when BMI falls below 17.5
• Person does not eat to maintain body weight
• Person is only 85% of recommended minimum weight
• They have a distorted body image

Question 3

what gender is more influenced by eating disorders

Answer 3

• Incidence is higher in women than in men between 3:1 and 10:1 depending on the estimate
• Onset typically in teenage years

Question 4

how much does NHS spend on eating disorders

Answer 4

• Anorexia costs the NHS money to treat the disorder so trying to prevent anorexia would save money.
• There are numerous ways the media has been implicated e.g. using size 0 models, photoshopping, focus
  on dieting culture, social media etc

Question 5

anorexia long term effects

Answer 5

• Symptoms of anorexia could lead to sufferers not working and this affects society as a whole.
• Anorexia has long term implications for a sufferers such as disruption to menstrual cycle,
  tiredness and physical pain

Question 6

how media influences ED using SLT

Answer 6

• Celebrities and models are used to advertise products such as fashionable clothing so individuals will
  observe and imitate these role models. This is especially true because of vicarious reinforcement they get
  (the models getting lots of attention and praise for their looks)….you can go through the full SLT procedure

Question 7

how media influences ED using CC

Answer 7

• Advertisers use classical conditioning to associate thinness/fashion with fame and popularity which encourages weight loss and reduced BMI.

Question 8

how media influences ED using OC

Answer 8

• Operant conditioning suggests if someone is complimented on initial weight loss they would continue losing weight and this makes them ill.