Leighann R. Chaffee, Stephanie P. Da Silva

A Guide to the Psychology of Eating (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Why are spicy cuisines characteristic of hot climates? Does our stomach or our brain tell us when it is time to eat? And how do we decide if bugs are food? Employing a learner-centered approach, this introduction to the psychological mechanisms of consumption engages readers with questions and cross-cultural examples to promote critical analysis and evidence-based comprehension.

The discipline of psychology provides an important perspective to the study of eating, given the remarkable complexity of our food environments (including society and culture), eating habits, and relationships with food. As everything psychological is simultaneously biological, the role of evolutionary pressures and biopsychological forces are bases to explore complex processes within the book, such as sensation and perception, learning and cognition, and human development. The authors illuminate contemporary eating topics, including the scope and consequences of overnutrition, the aetiology of eating disorders, societal focus on dieting and body image, controversies in food policy, and culture-inspired cuisine. Supplemental resources and exercises are provided in a pedagogically-focused companion website.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350125131
• Artikelnr.: 63127114

Autorenporträt

Leighann Chaffee is Associate Teaching Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington, Tacoma, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Authors Preface Acknowledgments 1. Your appetizer, An introduction to the
psychology of eating 2. Recipe for Success, Research methods and food
studies 3. "Tell me what you eat and I'll tell you what you are" Food
effects on behavior and psyche 4. Top Chef Paleolithic, Evolutionary
psychology and eating 5. This is your brain on food, The biopsychology of
eating 6. Savor the flavor, Gustation and Olfaction 7. Variety is the spice
of life, Cognitive psychology and eating 8. L'appétit vient en mangeant,
Learning processes in consumption 9. How can you have any pudding if you
don't eat your meat? Child development and eating 10. "When in Rome..."
Social influences on eating 11. Overnutrition and Public Health 12. Beyond
the golden cage, Eating disorders 13. Eating is necessary, and cooking is
an art, The origin of cuisine Bibliography Index