Imagine waking up everyday and being dissatisfied with the appearance of your body because it's not fit or you're not the ideal weight commonly portrayed in the media. This is a problem that people with eating disorders encounter every day. An eating disorder is an abnormal eating habit that can threaten one's health and could lead to death. Individuals with eating disorders develop extreme health concerns, such as abnormal eating habits, that threaten their health and well being. These individual suffer a multitude of adverse health effects due to the disorder which are affecting individuals’ health worldwide. Eating disorders are important because there is a wide variety of eating disorders transcend gender, race, age groups.
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This debate is ancient but is still going on in today's studies and theories. Nature versus Nurture is referred as the communication of social- cultural, psychological, and biological forces of interaction (Myers,2014). Nature is our genetic inheritance, while nurture is more of interacting with our experiences. Nature versus Nurture are genes and experiences that makes the development of psychological behaviors and traits. We inherit character and intelligence and that variety of ideas are natural (Myers,2014). Today's psychology science examines behaviors and traits arising from the communication of nature versus nurture. Nature relates to traits and characteristics that come from genetics or are inherited while nurture relates to traits or qualities that are learned overtime. Today's psychologist’s examines contributions experience and biology such as asking how are humans alike in certain ways (Myers,2014). The Nature versus Nurture question relates to the article because biological and genetic influences have a major impact on eating disorders. Eating disorders have an interaction with behaviors and traits that people develop from anorexia and bulimia nervosa (Weir 2016). Nature versus Nurture is driven by environment and culture where it can also be caused by behavior and traits which relates to the article. Some individuals are genetically predisposed to develop these …show more content…
There are brain regions that Anorexia and Bulimia develops such as, the orbitofrontal cortex, which tells people when to stop eating. Both have structural and functional differences. Women with Anorexia tend to have more activity in dorsal striatum which is linked to habitual behavior, Anorexia Usually affects women more than males (Weir,2016). A neurotransmitter known as Dopamine influences learning, attention, movement, and emotions (Myers,2014). Dopamine activity is in Bulimia and Anorexia but works in different ways. Women with animals have a weaker response to Dopamine, while women with anorexia are overall sensitive to food- related stimuli. People with Anorexia often worry about sitting down eating a meal. The release of Dopamine in the dorsal striatum, it triggers mood, sleep, hunger, and arousal (Myers,2014). This neurotransmitter is also in Bulimia and Anorexia. Cognitive process differs in people who have eating disorders because their ultimate goal is to lose weight but in an unhealthy way. People with eating disorders think differently than people who don't have eating disorders (Weir,2016). Individuals believe that starving themselves and purging (vomiting) will lead to losing weight, but have health concerns along with
Psychology …show more content…
This debate is ancient but is still going on in today's studies and theories. Nature versus Nurture is referred as the communication of social- cultural, psychological, and biological forces of interaction (Myers,2014). Nature is our genetic inheritance, while nurture is more of interacting with our experiences. Nature versus Nurture are genes and experiences that makes the development of psychological behaviors and traits. We inherit character and intelligence and that variety of ideas are natural (Myers,2014). Today's psychology science examines behaviors and traits arising from the communication of nature versus nurture. Nature relates to traits and characteristics that come from genetics or are inherited while nurture relates to traits or qualities that are learned overtime. Today's psychologist’s examines contributions experience and biology such as asking how are humans alike in certain ways (Myers,2014). The Nature versus Nurture question relates to the article because biological and genetic influences have a major impact on eating disorders. Eating disorders have an interaction with behaviors and traits that people develop from anorexia and bulimia nervosa (Weir 2016). Nature versus Nurture is driven by environment and culture where it can also be caused by behavior and traits which relates to the article. Some individuals are genetically predisposed to develop these …show more content…
There are brain regions that Anorexia and Bulimia develops such as, the orbitofrontal cortex, which tells people when to stop eating. Both have structural and functional differences. Women with Anorexia tend to have more activity in dorsal striatum which is linked to habitual behavior, Anorexia Usually affects women more than males (Weir,2016). A neurotransmitter known as Dopamine influences learning, attention, movement, and emotions (Myers,2014). Dopamine activity is in Bulimia and Anorexia but works in different ways. Women with animals have a weaker response to Dopamine, while women with anorexia are overall sensitive to food- related stimuli. People with Anorexia often worry about sitting down eating a meal. The release of Dopamine in the dorsal striatum, it triggers mood, sleep, hunger, and arousal (Myers,2014). This neurotransmitter is also in Bulimia and Anorexia. Cognitive process differs in people who have eating disorders because their ultimate goal is to lose weight but in an unhealthy way. People with eating disorders think differently than people who don't have eating disorders (Weir,2016). Individuals believe that starving themselves and purging (vomiting) will lead to losing weight, but have health concerns along with