PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Heritability, Human Body Weight, National Association To Advance Fat Acceptance
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Type+ a+ behaviour:+ competitive,+ goal+ oriented,+ aggressive,+ hostile,+ restless,+ not+ able+ to+ relax,+ impatient+with+others. +they+are+much+more+prone+to+heart+disease,+such+behaviour+is+as+strong+a+ predicator+of+heart+disease+as+is+high+blood+pressure. ++ Lazarus+ (1993)+ conceptualised+ a+ 2gpart+ appraisal+ process:+ people+ use+ primary+ appraisals+ to+ decide+ whether+ a+ stimulus+ is+ stressful,+ benign,+ or+ irrelevant. + if+ they+ find+ the+ stimuli+ stressful,+ they+use+secondary+appraisals+to+evaluate+response+options+and+choose+coping+behaviours. ++ Folkman+and+moskowitz:+in+addition+to+problem+focused+coping,+2+strategies+can+be+adopted+to+ help+ people+ use+ positive+ thoughts+ to+ deal+ with+ stress. + they+ involve+ positive+ reappraisal,+ a+ process+in+which+a+person+focuses+on+possible+good+things+in+his+situation,+looking+for+the+silver+ lining. + Why+ some+ people+ can+ control+ what+ they+ eat+ and+ some+ can"t+ remains+ unclear. + society+ has+ a+ negative+attitude+towards+overweight+people+and+tends+to+think+they+are+just+lazy+pigs. + Genetic+ influence:+ half+ the+ variability+ in+ body+ weight. + 60+ to+ 80%+ heritability+ in+ fraternal+ twins. + Environment+ has+ far+ less+ effect+ than+ genetics. + it+ determines+ whether+ a+ person+ can+ become+ obese,+ but+ environment+ determines+ if+ a+ person+ will+ become+ obese+ (stundark). + more+ than+ 300+ genetic+markers+play+a+role+ The( stigma( of( obesity:+ can+ give+ rise+ to+ psychological+ problems. + in+ some+ cultures,+ obesity+ is+ appreciated. ++ In+ western+ cultures,+ being+ overweight+ is+ associated+ with+ lower+ status,+ especially+ for+ women. +