Psychology 2054A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Neophobia, Weaning, Lev Vygotsky

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2054A/B
• Professor: Foley

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Environment plays a key role in human eating behaviour. Ea(cid:272)h pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)(cid:859)s ha(cid:271)itual diet a(cid:374)d food p(cid:396)efe(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)es a(cid:396)e u(cid:374)i(cid:395)ue. Children learn about food in two ways: through association: Child associates a food with a particular memory or event: social learning: Child learns through copying or having behaviour modelled for them by other people. As the (cid:272)hild(cid:859)s a(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) to make sense of their environment through their mental development grows, they are able to categorize and make inferences and associations about food and eating behaviour. Exposure: how frequently a child is offered a particular food item. Picky/fussy eating: rejection to familiar and unfamiliar foods. Piaget: separated childhood into 4 stages. Eating behaviour does not start to develop when child starts eating solid foods. A foetus is e(cid:454)posed to a (cid:373)othe(cid:396)(cid:859)s diet th(cid:396)ough amniotic fluid, and after birth the exposures continues through breast milk. Already have some experience of taste when they start eating solid food.