Introduction
PART 4: Related Psychological Content (Week 5)
Psychology as a health science can provide useful insights into teh problem of obesity.
For week 5, you will have the opportunity to discuss with your classmates what psychological science content is related to the problem of obesity. Please use the following questions to guide your discussion:
1) Why is childhood obesity of interest to psychologists?
2) How can psychology as a health science help address the problem of childhood obesity?”
This week's activity will give you a chance to discover how psychology can address the problem of childhood obesity.
Task
PART 4: Related Psychological Content (Week 5)
Week 5 Overview:
1) Engage in class wide discussion
2) Submit discussion self-assessment
Consider the following questions and then join the discussion on the course Moodle website.
1) Why is childhood obesity of interest to psychologists?
2) How can psychology as a health science help address the problem of childhood obesity?
Process
PART 4: Related Psychological Content (Week 5)
Login to the course Moodle website and engage in a class-wide discussion. Your discussion will centre on the psychological science content that is related to the problem of obesity. Use the following questions to engage your discussion:
1) Why is childhood obesity of interest to psychologists?
2) How can psychology as a health science help address the problem of childhood obesity?
Once you have engaged the discussion, you will join your group on the Moodle group discussion board and choose ONE of the following subfields of psychology and then independently access the relevant readings in order to learn more about your selected subfield. While reviewing this information, please consider how the content can be applied to the analysis of why obesity is a problem. There are no presentations this week, but the information from this week will be used to help you complete your final Wiki presentations in the next part of this unit (Weeks 6 & 7).
Don't forget to complete your discussion self-assessment form for week 5.
PSYCHOLOGICAL SUBFIELDS
Biopsychology Domain/Biological Bases of Behavior unit lesson plan
• Overall geography of the brain • Structure and function of the hypothalamus • Pleasure center/addiction loop • Neuroscience
Development and Learning Domain/Life Span Development unit lesson plan
• Early childhood development • Neuronal development • Importance of sound nutritional habits • Self-esteem and identity
Cognitive Domain/Memory unit lesson plan
• Expectation and learning sets • Sight and smell of food • Variety of foods available
Development and Learning Domain/Learning unit lesson plan
• Theories of learning • Reinforcement and extinction • Role models and observational learning
individual Variations Domain/Motivation unit lesson plan • Motivation • Appetite • Set/settling point weight
• Attraction to sweet and salty • Wariness to novel foods • Unit bias
Sociocultural Context Domain/Social Psychology unit lesson plan
• Idealizing thinness in some cultures • Attribution theory • Central and peripheral routes to persuasion • Conformity • Norms • Mere exposure effect
Evaluation
PART 4: Related Psychological Content (Week 5)
Please complete the discussion self-assessment form on course Moodle website. Each Assessment is worth 5% of your final grade, which means you are largely responsible for a large percentage of your final grade for this course.
Conclusion
PART 4: Related Psychological Content (Week 5)
Once you have engaged in the class-wide discussion, chosen a subfield and enaged the readings, and completed your discussion self-assessment form, please continue to Part 5.
Credits
WebQuest adapted from:
Blakeslee, J.A. (2014). Childhood obesity: A TOPSS problem-focused unit. American Psychological Association. Available Online: https://www.apa.org/ed/precollege/topss/lessons/childhood-obesity.pdf