Deck 5: Eating Behaviour

Question 1

Cultural influences on eating behaviour include social norms and:

A) Religious norms
B) Schemas
C) Learned behaviours
D) Family and parental influences
E) All of these

Answer 1

E

Question 2

Mood affects eating behaviour, and mood can be affected by:

A) Chocolate
B) Caffeine
C) Social learning or conditioning
D) Increased serotonin levels
E) All of these

Answer 2

E

Question 3

Low levels of serotonin (5-HT) and noradrenaline (NA) both can affect eating behaviour because this:

A) Reduces brain activity
B) Makes people greedy
C) Activates the stomach
D) Makes food less tasty
E) Increases brain activity

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Both adults and children express concerns about healthy eating. This:

A) Causes obesity
B) Always increases healthy eating
C) Does not always translate into eating healthily
D) Is generally ignored
E) Is irrelevant to eating behaviour

Question 5

Four different commercial diet programmes are successful, suggesting that the key factors in weight loss are:

A) Random
B) Physical
C) Diet-related
D) Psychological
E) Genetic

Question 6

The number of adults in the UK who are considered obese is:

A) The majority
B) Over 50%
C) Over 30%
D) Over 20%
E) Under 5%

Question 7

A key factor in weight loss apart from diet is the amount of:

A) Exercise
B) Dietary fat
C) Dietary carbohydrate
D) Food in childhood
E) Hours watching TV

Question 8

The hypothalamic centres involved in controlling eating and satiation are in the:

A) Amygdala
B) Brainstem
C) Cortex
D) Hind brain
E) Lateral and ventro-medial hypothalamus (LH and VMH)

Question 9

Control of eating behaviour also involves:

A) Leptin levels
B) Blood glucose levels
C) Stomach stretch receptors
D) Insulin levels
E) All of these

Question 10

The limbic system is activated by food images when we are:

A) Sated
B) Hungry
C) Eating
D) Watching TV
E) Sleepy

Question 11

Evolutionary theory suggests we have inherited our hunter-gatherer ancestors' preferences for:

A) Fruits
B) Meat
C) Energy-dense food
D) High fibre food
E) Nuts and roots

Question 12

The link between evolution, genetics, and diet is supported by evidence that high-carbohydrate cultures have

A) High obesity rates
B) An extra copy of the AMY1 gene
C) Intensive carbohydrate food farming e.g. rice
D) Intensive vegetable farming
E) An intensive hunting culture

Question 13

Our ancestors' success in obtaining high protein and energy food could have driven the:

A) Increase in body size
B) Increase in obesity
C) Decrease in brain size
D) Decrease in body size
E) Increase in brain size

Question 14

Alcohol is thought to have been part of the human diet from our remote ancestors' time because:

A) Most humans enjoy alcohol
B) Most humans possess the genes for breaking down alcohol
C) Fruits and plants naturally ferment into alcohol
D) Yeasts are found all over the world
E) Moderate amounts of alcohol make people more sociable

Question 15

One DSM-IV criterion for anorexia is having body weight less than:

A) 55% of normal
B) 65% of normal
C) 75% of normal
D) 85% of normal
E) 95% of normal

Question 16

One DSM-IV criterion for bulimia is that excessive amounts of food are eaten with no control over a period of:

A) 1 hour
B) 2 hours
C) 3 hours
D) 1 day
E) 2 days

Question 17

Research findings show that the genetic link with anorexia is far stronger than with bulimia because the concordance rate difference between MZ and DZ twins for anorexia is about:

A) 5% but for bulimia is about 50%
B) 10% but for bulimia is about 50%
C) 20% but for bulimia is about 10%
D) 50% but for bulimia is about 5%
E) 50% but for bulimia is about 10%

Question 18

The psychological explanation for eating disorders, which suggests causes are repressed fears of sexual desire, unconscious desires to remain a child, or ineffective parents, is the:

A) Psychodynamic model
B) Cognitive model
C) Biological model
D) Behavioural model
E) None of these

Question 19

Obesity is considered a disorder because:

A) Too much body fat is stored and it is linked to serious health problems
B) Our culture disapproves of fat people
C) Fat people are not popular
D) Our culture is ashamed of poor health
E) Serious health problems can lead to early death

Question 20

The Learning Theory model of obesity gives some of the causes of obesity as:

A) Fattening foods, e.g. sweet and creamy ones, are given as rewards and we are taught to eat up what we are given
B) People imitate fat individuals and do not exercise
C) Most individuals lead a sedentary lifestyle and this applies to many children
D) Obesity genes passed on from parents to children
E) Food is a symbol of maternal love and people crave this