Tobias is a 2-year-old toddler who strongly reacts with distress and rejects a piece of dragon fruit because he has never seen it before. In contrast, his older sister Clara began to eat spinach only after observing her popular school teacher eat it enthusiastically during lunchtime.
Using the examples of Tobias and Clara, explain the difference between evolutionary explanations (such as food neophobia) and learning explanations (such as social learning) in the development of food preferences.
Practise AQA A Level Psychology Explanations for food preferences with exam-style questions for A Level Psychology. 20 questions, matched to the AQA A Level Psychology (7182) specification and written in Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3 style. Every question includes a full worked solution and mark scheme, so you can see where marks are awarded rather than just whether you got the answer right.
