AQA A-Level Psychology

Explanations for the success and failure of dieting

Psychological explanations for obesity, including restraint theory, disinhibition and the boundary model.

Biological explanations for obesity, including genetic and neural explanations.

Psychological explanations for anorexia: cognitive theory, including distortions and irrational beliefs.

Psychological explanations for anorexia: social learning theory, including modelling, reinforcement and media.

Psychological explanations for anorexia: family systems, including enmeshment, autonomy and control.

Biological explanations for anorexia nervosa, including genetic and neural explanations.

Neural and hormonal mechanisms involved in the control of eating behaviour, including the role of the hypothalamus, ghrelin and leptin

Explanations for food preferences: the role of learning in food preference including social and cultural influences.

Explanations for food preferences: the evolutionary explanation, including reference to neophobia and taste aversion.