THE BIG QUESTION: Discuss 2 or more explanations for the

success and/or failure of dieting (9 + 16).

By the end of this lesson you will be able to: Describe two explanations for why diets

succeed or fail (AO1) Timed essay answer – marked – areas for

improvement

Starter (2)

In pairs - list as many diets as you can? Do you think diets are successful? Think of as many reasons as you can as

to why diets are or are not successful.

Lesson

Polar bear starter Go through different theories of failure

and success

Restraint theory

Attempting to not eat actually increases eating

The boundary model

Herman and Polivy (1984)

Restraint and overeating

HERMAN & MACK 1975 – preload / taste test paradigm

Gave participants (dieters and non dieters) a pre-load food either high or low calorie

Participants then told they are taking part in a taste preference test.

Participants are left alone to do taste test in own time.

Key factor is how much of the food they eat.

RESULT – the dieters ate more in the taste test if they had the high calorie preload.

White bear study Wegner at al (1987) Asked some participants to NOT THINK about

a white bear and ring the bell when they do Also asked other participants to THINK about

the bear THOSE THAT WERE TOLD TO NOT THINK

ABOUT THE BEAR RANG THEIR BELLS MORE OFTEN.

Denial

The theory of ironic processes of mental control

When denying something it often has the opposite effect.

White bear study

Experiments SUCCESS IN DIETING

The key is to pay attention to the detail.

135 participantsEach given 22 jelly beans.

GROUP ONE

General information given

Bean number 7

GROUP TWO

Specific information

Cherry flavoured bean number 8

Participants got bored with eating beans faster if they saw the general information and enjoyed task more with specific info.

Task!

Using the information given – in pairs write an article for a newspaper – a daily mail type article! 10 minutes

Dieting why it fails and how to make it successful.

Task 2

Take out your synoptic tool kit In pairs take two areas of the synoptic

tool kit and apply it to the explanations.

How is it a criticism.

Which area does it critique

Synoptic toolkit points

Planning – now start planning out the BIG question!

Homework:

Read up on the commentary. Synoptic tool kit Plan your exam question. Discuss 2 or more explanations for the

success and/or failure of dieting (9 + 16).