Eating Behaviours

Question 1

Anorexia Nervosa

Answer 1

• inability to eat
• fear of weight gain
• self-starvation

Question 2

Herman and Mack

Answer 2

restraint theory
- cog exp for overeating
- stress = stripped inhibitions

Question 3

Enmeshment

Answer 3

Minuchin - over involved families
- no autonomy = anxiety
anorexia = regaining of control

Question 4

Wegner (1987)

Answer 4

white bear though experiment = told not to imagine - imagined every single time - suppression - more likely

Question 5

Dual Control Theory

Answer 5

glucose = low liver tells LH to create hunger
glucose = rises - VH creates satiety

Question 6

Lashley (1938)

Answer 6

neural mechanisms = hunger / satiety
VH/LH

Question 7

Ghrelin

Answer 7

hunger hormone
- stomach into bloodstream = hunger
- slowly reduces after food

Question 8

Zhang (1994)

Answer 8

identified leptin
rats given additional leptin
- starved

Question 9

Leptin

Answer 9

secreted from fat - signals that reserves are full - satiety

Question 10

Garcia (1975)

Answer 10

radiated rats given water solution - associated illness with water - averse to the water.
OR
wolves - sheep aversion

Question 11

acculturalisation

Answer 11

different cultures - adopt new foods from a new culture

• NA innate pref for sweet.

Question 12

Bell (1973)

Answer 12

sweet pref North A environmental niche

Question 13

Restraint theory

Answer 13

cog - more preoccupied with food = more likely to overeat - 80% fail food targets as targets keep food in mind

Question 14

Bruch (1971)

Answer 14

anorexia = adolescents crave autonomy - distorted body image = loss of control = cant identify internal states of hunger
- 51 AN girls mothers int = maternal influence PSYCHOPATHOGENIC

Question 15

Disinhibition

Answer 15

• stress / palatable food - removes restraint / inhibitions = overeating
• less satieted

Question 16

Minuchin (1978)

Answer 16

anorexic family =
- enmeshment
- rigidity
- overprotective
- no conflict resolution

Question 17

body dysmorphia

Answer 17

obsessing over body / self-perceived imperfections

Question 18

Becker (2002)

Answer 18

US tv shows in Fiji =
- old body type = larger
- 74% report they felt too big - want to look like US

Question 19

Adapted to Flee

Answer 19

hunter gatherer genes = can run and adaptively prevent feelings of hunger for movement - maladaptive in modern day- allows for anorexia

Question 20

Holland (1986)

Answer 20

56% monozygotic CR - more likely to be AN if mono twin is rather than (7%) dio.

Question 21

Neophobia

Answer 21

fear / unwillingness to try new foods - bio adaptive in order to avoid ‘bad food’ - mostly when younger

Question 22

Bailer (2007)

Answer 22

serotonin disturbances in eating disordered ppl - highest = AN - higher serotonin = increased appetite / supressed anxiety

Question 23

Taste Aversion

Answer 23

innate mechanism - Seligman
- avoid foods that have previously made you ill
- prevents from eating poison

Question 24

Kaye (2005)

Answer 24

comp 10 AN recovery / 12 control
- PET scan - AN = more activity in Basal Ganglia = dopamine - struggle to interpret pleasure from eating.