Anorexia

Perspectives in Psychology Step 1. Write a paragraph on each of the five perspectives listed below and apply them to Andrea’s case history presented. Include how a psychologiest using each perspective would explain the CAUSE of Andrea’s problem. Don not rely on common sense and intuition in doing this assignment. Be sure to include the names of people who were most important in developing each theory and key terms and concepts associated with eacg theory. Biological Learning Cognitive…

Eating disorders in teenagers are more and more common with today’s adolescences. With the amount of exposure to the mass media that has grown exponentially and the affects that reside in them daily. Adolescences are exposed to commercials that have women who are as skinny as a pole standing there in a bikini and this has a mental effect on them whether they know it or not. Most men shown in a TV advertisement or TV show are usually not very well covered and always showing off their chest that…

thought that they need to become smaller so that they will no longer be taunted based on their appearance. In order for girls to look “perfect” they are putting themselves at risk to looking worse than they did before. Anxiety can also come from anorexia (NEDA). More harm can be done than good when a woman is starving…

Beauty standards affect the average teen to conform in a high school level environment and how far will they go to conform to their peers. Early exposure to certain types of media such as magazines and pop culture play a role in defining these behaviors that causes teens to have unrealistic ideals of how they are supposed to look to be in the "in crowd." The beauty industry is the main contributor to this problem, it promotes unrealistic body standards for young women to follow, the cosmetic and…

their self because they are not satisfied with their own body. For example, eating problems like bulimia, anorexia, and binge eating are all very serious unhealthy ways to maintain the body image among women. Nearly fifty percent of women have bulimia which is an intake of food in a small period of time followed by gagging. About sixty-five percent of women have a problem with starvation. Anorexia is a panic of gaining weight and starvation. More than sixty percent of women have a binge eating…

The Media’s Influence on Body Image Many people would say that they are unhappy with their body. This problem can be described as low self esteem, several individuals say it is caused by mass media. Over the years the media has continued to negatively influence people’s body images, usually in a bad way. The media’s influence on body image strongly impacts the way boys and girls see themselves, causing severe insecurity and sometimes serious mental diseases. A person’s body image can be…

most members of the Tumblr community praised Tumblr staff for finally taking a stand against blogs that promote self harm by banning them, the owners of these blogs lost their support platform and were forced to internalize their emotions. Bulimia, anorexia, and self harm aren't lifestyles, but mental illnesses, and with mental illnesses, support groups are vital to recovery. The banning of their blogs inevitably only exacerbated their sickness and if Tumblr banning the blogs created more harm…

welcomed into the modeling career. Low self-esteem is very common when talking about this topic. People think that increasing the weight of models will help cure all eating disorders, mental health issues, and lack of self-acceptance. “…suffering from anorexia is hard to determine and unlikely to be halted just by an increase in the weight of models, French psychiatrists said. They recommended an array of steps to attack the problem” (Rubin). Since people underweight do not meet the physical…

The scientific world is aware of eating disorders in all its forms. I find it unfair that media alone is to blame, we all have been exposed to those favorable body images, but the fun fact those body images changes many times, we went from liking the curvy to featherweight, back to curvy and now media is promoting the acceptance of all body types. So, media alone can not be the only contributing factor in eating disorders. In my opinion, many other factors should be considered such as culture,…

Eating Disorders and the Ugly Truth Lynn Crilly once stated “Anorexia is not an illness of the body, it is an illness of the mind”. This quote is the true definition of the issue at hand, eating disorders have become a clear issue in this country for decades. There are many unanswered questions that relate to this disease, one being how does the exposure to media, wealth and the people in our communities have affected the choices and decisions our young people who are battling this disorder?…