The Psychology of Food and Eating: A Fresh Approach to Theory and Method

ISBN-13: 9780333800218 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 235 str.

John L Smith

Opis

The Psychology of Food and Eating explores the full range of this fascinating discipline, from the physiology of hunger and the psychophysics of taste and smell, to the development of food preferences and the social psychology of food-related behaviour and attitudes. John L Smith provides a much-needed, broad overview of social scientific approaches to the study of food, bringing together physiological research, psychodynamic theory, and sociological perspectives in a way that both celebrates their differences and explores their potential fusion.

Spis treści

Preface.- Introduction.- PART 1: FOCUS ON THEORY: Non-biological Perspectives; Hunger, Flavour, Digestion and Kitchen Chemistry; Eating Disorders.- PART 2: POST-POSITIVIST RESEARCH REPORTS: Dinner Party Case Study; Eating Out in a Small Way; Food Discourse.- Conclusion.- Index.

O autorze

JOHN L. SMITH is Reader in Social Psychology at the University of Sunderland where he has taught since completing his doctoral research with the Medical Research Council at their Social and Applied Psychology Unit at the University of Sheffield. He is the author of The Psychology of Action.