Weight Stigma Flashcards
When would low vegetable intake participants increase the amount of vegetables they ate?
After being showed a descriptive norm message
What was the effect between descriptive or injunctive norm messages and vegetable intake amongst high veg eaters?
there was no difference
When did participants have lower intentions to eat fruit?
in the injunctive norm condition
Which condition showed the highest amount of fruit intake after two days?
The descriptive norm condition
Perceptions about what others tend to do is an example of what?
descriptive social norms
Perceptions of what other approve of is an example of what?
injunctive social norms
What is the time extension theory?
the idea that food takes longer to eat around friends and with more food exposure comes greater intake.
when is the impact of modelling greatest?
when the person modelling is of a similar weight
What would happen if an outgroup was unhealthy?
the ingroup would try to be healthy
Less monitoring of weight and less weight loss attempts are factors of what?
Low SES
Why is SES influential of food intake?
proximity to fast food, nutritional knowledge, cost
Self regulation requires energy, why would this impact food intake?
Because people living in poverty have more difficult decisions to make and thus would use more energy
What does perceived relative deprivation cause?
increased drive to increase resources
What type of comparisons are there in the social comparison theory?
upward and downward
How are dogs helpful in weight stigma?
they counter the perception that people are lazy
