...Erica Sampson Eating Disorders BEH/225 4/19/2015 I would say for the most we all love food. For some of us it shows more than others. I am always thinking about food. I have a desk job, so I am more prone to eat all the time. Until about two weeks ago, I decided to go on a health kick. I wanted to start to eat better and not junk food. Our bodies also need food, even though we may not need it sometimes. There are two types of factors for motivation for hunger; biological and psychological. Biological Hunger is when your stomach feels stuffed and don’t feel hungry. And when you are hungry and your stomach is empty you want to go want to go and eat something. Researchers believe that hunger comes from not only your stomach, but your brain as well. There are two areas on the hypothalamus that control hunger. First, there is the lateral hypothalamus that, if stimulated, causes you to feel hunger. So every time you feel hungry, you know your lateral hypothalamus is working. Next there is the ventromedial hypothalamus, which when stimulated, makes you feel full. Whenever you eat a big meal and don't even want to think about eating another bite, the ventromedial hypothalamus is doing its job. The hypothalamus tells us to stop eating when that set point is reached and raises our metabolic rate to burn any excess food. Psychological Hunger is when we still are eating, because or hypothalamus is not sending us any cues. Culture...
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...Erica Sampson Eating Disorders BEH/225 4/19/2015 I would say for the most we all love food. For some of us it shows more than others. I am always thinking about food. I have a desk job, so I am more prone to eat all the time. Until about two weeks ago, I decided to go on a health kick. I wanted to start to eat better and not junk food. Our bodies also need food, even though we may not need it sometimes. There are two types of factors for motivation for hunger; biological and psychological. Biological Hunger is when your stomach feels stuffed and don’t feel hungry. And when you are hungry and your stomach is empty you want to go want to go and eat something. Researchers believe that hunger comes from not only your stomach, but your brain as well. There are two areas on the hypothalamus that control hunger. First, there is the lateral hypothalamus that, if stimulated, causes you to feel hunger. So every time you feel hungry, you know your lateral hypothalamus is working. Next there is the ventromedial hypothalamus, which when stimulated, makes you feel full. Whenever you eat a big meal and don't even want to think about eating another bite, the ventromedial hypothalamus is doing its job. The hypothalamus tells us to stop eating when that set point is reached and raises our metabolic rate to burn any excess food. Psychological Hunger is when we still are eating, because or hypothalamus is not sending us any cues. Culture...
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...Argumentative Essay 9/4/13 Now days, thin bodies are the standards of beauty. Not only females but also males pursue to be thin and to lose weight. A lot of motivations and volitions are required to lose weight. It is a game that you fight yourself as Karl Lagerfield (2009) quoted, “Dieting is the only game where you win when you lose”. Countless ways to lose weight have been discovered such as eating no foods or one food daily, but the scientists proved that exercising is the only and best way to lose weight. Having a few, irregular, and unbalanced meals will quickly help you to lose weight; however, this will affect human’s life negatively. Having few, irregular, and unbalanced meals will quickly help you to lose weight. If human eat few and unbalanced meals, we will be provided few nutrition. This will allow our body not to produce fats. If the body produces no fats, the stored ones in our body will be quickly burned. Then, it will result to fast way of losing weight. This is the most used methods when the ladies want to lose their weight. The author also lost her weight about 5 kg in 7 days through just eating some snacks or small sandwiches. “I want to lose weight by eating nothing but moon pies, which have significantly less gravity than earthier foods such as fruits and vegetables.” (Kints, 2010) However, this will affect human negatively. First, people’s body will be easily exhausted due to few meals. One of the sources of energy for human is fats. As it is mentioned...
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...attractive and a lot of fun to be with, but he’s also employed. Jebreel is older than Kent, has a secure job, and owns his own home; however, Jebreel is quite unattractive and not very much fun. Daniel chooses to go out with Jebreel instead of Kent. The ______ theory of motivation would best predict Daniel’s choice. Concept tested: Theory’s of motivation Page 399: Instinct theory is motivation based off of inherent automatic behavior. These occur consistently because of stimuli. This is how birds build nests perfectly as soon as they leave their family. I chose A, Drive reduction theory. Drive reduction focuses on a homeostasis in the body. There are needs that ruin the equlibrium, and our brain responds to these with drives, a feeling that prompts action. This restores balance. This concept is wrong because Danielle makes her decision based off of herself a human being wanting to go to the more secure and safe person, which is instinct. The imbalance was not a part of this question. Correct answer is C, Instinct. 5. Juan is obsessed with building up his bank balance, even though he is quite comfortable and prosperous now. One situation exemplifies the power of Concept tested: Theory’s of motivation Page 402/403 bottom right: Secondary drives are stimuli that achieve primary drives through learned mechanisms. This is usually characterized through money. I chose C, homeostasis. Homeostasis is a state of equilibrium, with everything being equal. This has...
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...exercise and internal feelings (intrinsic) that drive a person to exercise. In this regard, this assay evaluates the influence of intrinsic and extrinsic factors on the motivation to engage in exercise. As already explained, intrinsic motivation to exercise pertains to engaging in physical activity because of the inherent satisfactions and pleasures the activity provides. Intrinsic factors influences motivation to engage in exercise through arousal. Inherent factors like feeling happy and feeling secure arouse the motivation to engage in an exercise. For example, some people engage in weight lifting because it makes them feel secure. Inherent feeling of wanting to be secure thus can arouse motivation to go weight lifting. Some people are motivated to perform specific exercises because the exercises make them feel happy. For instance, some people get motivated to play games like cards because that makes them happy. This arousal of motivation for exercise may occur often whenever an individual feels the need to feel secure. In such instance, the motivation for exercise will be aroused and the individual engages in the activity. Through causing arousal of motivation for exercise therefore, intrinsic factors influence the direction of physical activity. People would engage in selected activities to which motivation has been aroused. Intrinsic factors also...
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...Motivational Methods Shayla Graham HCS/325 September 15, 2012 Carolyn Kimbrough Motivational Methods Motivation plays a very important part in the workplace it is one of the most important elements in a workplace. There are many methods and theories that are associated with motivation and becoming a leader or manager. When motivational methods are researched upon it can show the importance of motivation if it is used effectively. While managers can be inclined motivators in the workplace paying attention to employees and their performance can cause for employees to strive for improvement or to excel in ones current job position. All employees in a workplace may require different levels of motivation and by using different motivational theories this can help with productivity. Motivation requires putting great effort into ones work activities. The Maslow’s theory consists of having five levels of needs. In the workplace and as a manager’s position there are three motivational methods that should be applied. The first method should be to set a goal. When setting a goal it can give employees motivation to try and achieve the goal no matter if it is somewhat challenging. Another method that can be used is the expectancy theory. This theory consists of employee’s beliefs and expectations about what they are being motivated to do. If there are rewards offered to employees for their hard work they may be a little more motivated about their job. By giving employees something...
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...out of one’s skin. There are many factors in today’s society that contribute to the idea of beauty such as appearance. The main poison affecting how society views beauty is the media. Female adolescents and adult women in the United States are more interested in beauty and obsessed with body image now than ever before. The twenty-first century is obsessed with the media and what it delivers to the public. What the media emphasizes is what the women of the world desire. If the media advertises skinny as beautiful, that is what women aim to achieve. Magazine advertisements, television, and runway models all have one thing in common: distortion of body image. When opening the monthly issue of Allure or Vogue, many of the women are extremely thin. The clothes worn in these ads are tiny an very revealing. It appears that the fashion industry is trying to say that the skinnier one is, the better the clothes will look on the body. When a female turns on the television to watch Gossip Girl or Victorious, the girls are gauntly skinny. The media has a negative impact on body image for females of all ages in the United States, leading to eating disorders and plastic surgery. Body image is crucial to females in America, the message the media puts out to society is hard to miss. Beauty equals perfect hair, perfect skin, and a slim body; however this theory was not always so. According to the Body Image Timeline: Western Society, in the 1800’s the ideal body type structure was plump, fleshy...
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... especially for Liesel. Desires can drive people to insanity and beyond. Liesel’s desire isn’t just to steal them, but to read them as well for knowledge, for entertainment like a school bully does to a fellow student for kicks and giggles. Sometimes when people don’t know your desires and all of the sudden see them, they can open up opportunities for making friends that happen to not just have what you desire, but are willing to share like a best friend would. This happened in the story as well. When Liesel stole a book that was meant to burn on Hitler’s birthday but was too wet, the mayor’s wife saw her hide the book under her uniform that she was given to wear on that day. The next day when Liesel was going to get laundry for the mayor’s wife, not only did she get away with it, but the mayor’s wife gave Liesel access to her library with books as far as the eye can see. Giving Liesel a new friend and a lot of books to...
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...love eating desserts but are on diet can be aware of how much fat or sugar they eat so that they can have restrictions on their diet. Desserts making restaurants can have better quality control and have standardized desserts. Our product differentiated based on product. Our product combines the function of bowls and electronic balance which can provide convenience. Also, our product has inbuilt calculator to calculate energy and sugar intake which is an unique feature. Our positioning is a bowl can measure weight and energy and sugar content of ingredients. Consumer Behavior of Chosen Segment Under Social influence, some aspirational group may have impact on the consumer behavior. For example, celebrities in fitness advertisement are thin (advertisement of Perfect Shape). This may make people want to be thinner so they may start to care about their energy and sugar intake. Under Personal influence, the lifestyle of the segment may influence the...
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...EATING DISORDER Carol Tripp BEH/225 August 23, 2014 Christina Ashley Eating disorder is a mental illness that causes serious disturbances in a person’s everyday diet. It can manifest as eating extremely small amounts of food or severely overeating. The condition may begin as easy as just eating too little or too much, but the obsession with eating food overtakes the life of a person mind leading to severe damage. Eating disorders are complex diseases and not just conditions that can be treated with willpower, all eating disorders are all primary mental health diseases. The conditions are chronic with progression both identifiable and predictable; they also can be caused by a mix of sociological, psychological, and genetic factors. Eating disorders fall into three categories. *TYPES OF EATING DISORDERS: **Anorexia Nervosa – a eating disorder by an intake fear of gaining weight, a distorted self-image, a persistent unwillingness to eat or extremely low body weight, and is often accompanied by self-induced vomiting or excessive exercise. **Bulimia Nervosa – is a eating disorder by episodes of secretive excessive eating followed by inappropriate methods of weight control. **Binge-Eating - is a serious eating disorder in which you frequently consume unusually large amount of food. Culture has been identified as one of the etiological factors leading to the development of eating disorders. Rates of these disorders appear to vary among different cultures and to...
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...Slim Wave in Singapore Motivation occurs when a need is aroused that the consumer wishes to satisfy. In this case, the motivation is to be skinny based on the need of social acceptance. Once that need has been activated, a state of tension exists that drives the consumer to attempt to eliminate or reduce the need. Diet pills are an easy way to satisfy the need of acceptance by helping make someone skinny. This reduces the tension without much effort. Needs may be Utilitarian or Hedonic. The need here is to fit in (social acceptance) and to feel good about oneself, which are sort of a blend of utilitarian and hedonic needs, but in the case of Singapore lean more towards hedonic, because it involves the emotions more than practicality. However, it could be utilitarian if someone were overweight but considering that Singapore has an obesity rate of only 4.2%, it is clear that there is no real need to lose weight artificially. The desired end state is the consumer's goal. The goal is to be thin like the models in the glossy magazines. Magnitude of tension a need creates (or degree of arousal) is called a drive. The tension is the feeling that one is not already skinny enough, so to resolve this tension, one is driven to find a solution (such as diet pills). Personal and cultural factors combine to create a want which is a manifestation of a need. Diet pills satisfy the want to be skinny without having to put in the hard effort such as eating healthy and exercising...
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...minimal resources. In contrast to the Healthy Body Image program, the Body Project is another viable eating disorder prevention program backed by two decades of research. The Body Project is a “dissonance-based body-acceptance program designed to help high school and college-age women resist cultural pressures to conform to the appearance ideal standard of female beauty and reduce their pursuit of unrealistic bodies” (Body Project Collaborative, n.d.). The Body Project includes either four 1-hour sessions or six 45-minute sessions facilitated by trained staff (Body Project Support, 2017). Within these sessions, young women critique the thin beauty ideal purported in society through verbal, written, and behavioral group exercises. According to Stice et al. (2000), the act of criticizing the thin ideal publicly in groups is thought to produce a motivation for participants to reduce their subscription to the unrealistic beauty ideal. This helps “reduce body dissatisfaction, dietary restraint, negative affect, eating disorder symptoms, and risk for eating disorder onset” (Horney, Stice, & Rhode, 2014, p. 519). Within each session, participants take part in a variety of group activities and take home activities to do between meetings. Participants engage in discussions about the origins of the appearance ideal, costs associated with pursuing the appearance ideal, discuss why they signed up for the class, and discuss benefits of the program at the last session. Take home assignments include...
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...In this article by Carol Devens, "If we get the Girls, We get Race" talks about the boarding school education of Native American Girls." The author tells some history and stories of trouble within the boarding school. She starts out by describing horrible and heartbreaking separations between parents and daughters. One of these girls who experienced government boarding school was a Native American girl named Zitkala, who is now an activist for her culture. She describes how heartbroken her mother was when she left and how it affected her. These mission schools mostly concentrated on teaching boys with little emphasis on female schooling. This concept changed through time. Instead they realized that women grow up to be mothers then teach their sons. I learned the main reason why boarding school was brought forth. Through colonization, the white men wanted to strip the traditions of the Native Americans. These schools were to entice the young Native American to reject tradition and seek conversion. That was the reason why children were driven away from their families. Mission was used to change their religion and convert them to Christianity. Even though most girls had their suspicion about missionaries, they were attending anyways. Girl like Zitkala, experienced loneliness and sadness while attending the schools. This article interests me. While reading, I tried to imagine or picture myself if I had to be put through in that situation. If I had...
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...SUCCESS, BUT SOMETIMES, DIPLOMACY IS ALSO NECESSARY TO FACE THE WORLD" Honesty is the best policy. We have always been taught this and also that to lie is a bad thing to do. There is a certain beauty in living life with honesty. While the benefits of and motivations for choosing honesty in life are many — including that truthfulness and honesty are integral to one’s sense of moral integrity — living a life of honesty ultimately means having little to regret. Living with honesty is less about persistently resorting to truth over deception, and is more about living your life in a way that is “honest” to who you are on the inside — your strengths, your gifts, and your passions, as well as your beliefs and morals. Being true to ourselves should undoubtedly help lead us to what most of us strive for in life —some form of fulfillment. For, if we stay true to ourselves and to our nature, we are all more likely to pursue something about which we are passionate; when our careers or life goals are driven by what we love, we are more likely to find that sense of fulfillment. Regardless of whether you succeed or fail, when you stay true to yourself the choices and decisions you make every day are seldom ever regretted because your motivations for those choices and decisions were not influenced by ulterior motives or anyone other than yourself. And having so little to regret from living with honesty is something truly beautiful. Honesty is one of the most important and beneficial habits a person...
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...TUTORIAL 2 1.A good problem statement begin with the introduction on the general idea in which the researcher is concentrate and then it will leads the reader to the more detail questions that are related with the research. The statement should be relevant and the topic of the research should be interested to the researcher. The topic that is being selected should be persuasive topic. The complex desire to learn or investigate the topic is a good reason to carry out the research study. Simple curiosity is not a good enough reason to pursue a research study. The problem that will be choosing to investigate must be important to the researcher, the readers, and to a larger community that are related to the problem. The problem that is chosen must be the problem that motivates the researcher to address it and support in many perspectives. The good problem statement also can be developing by choosing the topic research which is researchable. This is to make sure that the researcher will not find in the midst of investigating a complex research project. The researcher also should choose a right research topic to make sure that research problems can be the supported by the resources available. 2. Problem statement Body dissatisfaction is the top ranked issue of concern for young people (Mission Australia, 2011). Over the last 30 years, body image issues have rose worldwide and this matters did not only pertain young people but affect people of all ages. This spreading problem...
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