Eating Behaviour- SLT

Question 0

How can exposure to food influence preference

Answer 0

If you’re exposed to it more you’re more likely to prefer it
Prefer what you’re most familiar to
NEOPHOBIA- fear of new foods

Question 1

What three ways can food preference be learned

Answer 1

Exposure to foods
Social learning
Food as a reward

Question 2

How can social learning influence preference

Answer 2

We learn through observational learning
If we see role model earring food we are more likely to eat it ourselves
Ogden- consistent correlation between snack food intake and food preference of parents and pre schoolers

Question 3

What can using food as a reward influence preference

Answer 3

Can affect attitudes
More encourages to behave in a certain way to get food
Used as bargaining tool

Question 4

Who are the researchers into learning on good preference

Answer 4

Lepper
Birch
Lowe

Question 5

What did Lepper do

Answer 5

Hupe and hule
28 preschool children
Told story about same sex child
Hupe them hule or hule then hupe
Second condition getting one depends on eating the other first
Found condition group there was preference on the food used as a reward

Question 6

What did Birch do

Answer 6

Peer modelling
4 consecutive days children sit next to another with a different preference to themselves
After 4 days found a significant shift in preference

Question 7

What did Lowe do

Answer 7

Food dudes
Video of older children enjoying food they dislike
Significant shift in preference especially fruit and veg

Question 8

Evaluation

Answer 8

Supporting research 
Deterministic- excuses for obesity 
Too simplistic- ignores neural 
Practical applications- healthy role models 
Methodological issues- questionnaires