CSP 280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Weight Loss, Acne Vulgaris, Dieting

• School: University of Rochester
• Department: Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology
• Course: CSP 280
• Professor: Estrada

Document Summary

Drinking calories: we don"t usually count the calories in liquids. Fruit sugars okay because you are also getting fiber from eating oranges. Stigma of obesity: obese women make less than counterparts and doctors and nurses are more likely to believe that obese people are lazy and lack self control and overweight women are less likely to receive family support for college. Study 1: had people shop in stores and had a women slim versus fat (manipulated variable); and varied the clothing she wore (formal versus casual) Fat suit and casual clothes = more distance, less smiling and ended conversation earlier. Study 2: same fat vs. average but now with a eating a diet coke or an indulging food. All prejudice effects from study 1 got better in diet coke condition and worse in the other food item. Motivation for stores to train employees because discrimination affects shopper"s buying behavior. Eating disorders: men and women both suffer from eating disorders.