Eating disorders and the causes behind them is my wicked problem because 8 million people in the United States are effected by eating disorder, which is approximately three percent of the population (“Anred: Eating disorders statistics,” n.d.). I will trace this problem through the eyes of psychologists and sociologists through peer reviewed articles based on research of eating disorders in these two fields. I will evaluate where the causes of eating disorders through societal factors such as family upbringings and media influence. As a psychologist, I would look at the individual factors in order to understand how eating disorders come about and why people are more prone to them than others. My research would allow me to address the importance
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The authors believe that families need to promote a healthy lifestyle by modeling it and talking to their children about media’s skewed messages. The authors reviewed texts by other people, looked at the changes of body type throughout history, and how these changes affected people’s idea of their own self. This article is a mix of sociology and history disciplines. Sociology is important to my wicked problem in this article because of the socialization of children and teens through media, and what type of consumption is affecting their ideas of an ideal body type. The history of ideal body types is important because it proves that there has always been an ideal body type that people have tried to conform to which is a important precursor to eating …show more content…
Sociology deals with society effects and psychology looks at more personal effects. Sociology looks at how the environment around a person can have an influence on their mental health, but psychology traces how these influences affect the person individuals and why one person may develop a eating disorder while another teen is watching the same television show. Combining these two disciplines would not be difficult, and it would be incomplete without one another. With just sociology, the only information provided would be environment factors that may influence a person, but it’s not necessarily a causation. Psychology completes the causation by looking at an individual’s history and personal influences. Both are necessary to understand the cause of eating disorders and how society, family members, and individuals can prevent eating disorders and live a better
The authors believe that families need to promote a healthy lifestyle by modeling it and talking to their children about media’s skewed messages. The authors reviewed texts by other people, looked at the changes of body type throughout history, and how these changes affected people’s idea of their own self. This article is a mix of sociology and history disciplines. Sociology is important to my wicked problem in this article because of the socialization of children and teens through media, and what type of consumption is affecting their ideas of an ideal body type. The history of ideal body types is important because it proves that there has always been an ideal body type that people have tried to conform to which is a important precursor to eating …show more content…
Sociology deals with society effects and psychology looks at more personal effects. Sociology looks at how the environment around a person can have an influence on their mental health, but psychology traces how these influences affect the person individuals and why one person may develop a eating disorder while another teen is watching the same television show. Combining these two disciplines would not be difficult, and it would be incomplete without one another. With just sociology, the only information provided would be environment factors that may influence a person, but it’s not necessarily a causation. Psychology completes the causation by looking at an individual’s history and personal influences. Both are necessary to understand the cause of eating disorders and how society, family members, and individuals can prevent eating disorders and live a better