PSYB10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Mental Accounting, Procrastination, Sat
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Week 10 lecture #10: applied social psychology. To do whay you want, or do sth better for them, in terms of their goals. Obesity/unhealthy eating lead to numerous health problems. Want to eat healthier, but have a problem doing it. If you tax sth, ppl will consume less of it (e. g. , cig taxes and smoking) About what their eating (nutrient labels, cal count) Hoping ppl consume less cal doing how much there is in that particular food. 14 nyc fast-food restaurants before and after calorie labels were mandated. After: 846 calories (ate more after labelling) Lower income neighbor, less education, less likely to know about info. Max mean, most cal for less dollar. Might expect it to be more cal, but it"s actually less so order more. But decrease seen in food consumption at starbucks. All food and beverages in the cafeteria were labeled as red, yellow, or green based on an algorithm developed from usda food pyramid guidelines.
