HSCI 1105 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Protein, Oxygen, Glucose
12 Oct 2018
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Comfort/discomfort foods - each ppl eat about 100 foods each. Cultural influences : eating is a primary way of connecting with others. Culture: a learned system of categories, rules, plans; a map of how we think and behave. Researchers see effects of culture when compare, ie, ethnic groups, cross-national comparisons, migration studies. How you see yourself, based on interactions with others. Social identities: scripts for food choice such as i am italian, southern, jewish, indian, vietnamese , etc. Personal identities: permit self-expression, picky eater , healthy eater , jock . Can exchange or swap these resources to increase those resources we are lacking. Dense network of social support is good. Overly homogeneous does not allow for much change. All of these influences and contexts are intertwined. Humans are omnivorous; foods v. nutrients; preference v. liking. Foods stimulate chemosensory, visual, thermal, tactile senses. Mental representation invoked by this stimulation that dictates human response.
