METHOD The participants of this lab were a convenience sample of students in Psychology 105. The general procedure was that students received an email linking to a Qualtrics survey. This survey had three parts. The first part of the survey involved the Figure Rating Questionnaire. In this section, a graphic of 11 female figures were shown on a scale from 1 to 11. The figure above the number 1 had the least body mass, with increasing body mass as the numbers increased. The figure above the number 11 had the most body mass. For this section, students were instructed to pick the number corresponding to the body type in the graphic. So, for the three questions, students would pick the number that best represented the figure they thought their body shape resembled the most, the number that best represented the figure they
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Awareness just means acknowledgement of their existence, while internalizing means believing in those social norms, to the point where one would change behaviors in order to conform to them. This difference can be seen in parts of Dominica woman Julianna’s story from Becky W. Thompson’s A Hunger So Wide and so Deep. In Julianna’s story, she is aware of American social norms as the time passes after her immigration; however, this does not have an impact on her eating behavior until she begins to internalize the idea that her body (a perfect “guitar body” by Dominican standards) was fat for America. This internalization is spurred when Julianna accepted the judgements made by family friends, classmates, and her brother who told her to diet. Thus, when the internalization of American body ideals was fully formed in Julianna, she began to fast and change her eating
Awareness just means acknowledgement of their existence, while internalizing means believing in those social norms, to the point where one would change behaviors in order to conform to them. This difference can be seen in parts of Dominica woman Julianna’s story from Becky W. Thompson’s A Hunger So Wide and so Deep. In Julianna’s story, she is aware of American social norms as the time passes after her immigration; however, this does not have an impact on her eating behavior until she begins to internalize the idea that her body (a perfect “guitar body” by Dominican standards) was fat for America. This internalization is spurred when Julianna accepted the judgements made by family friends, classmates, and her brother who told her to diet. Thus, when the internalization of American body ideals was fully formed in Julianna, she began to fast and change her eating