Amara is determined to lose weight for a fitness competition, so she starts an extremely strict diet where she only consumes green smoothies and raw vegetables. To keep her mind off pizza and chocolate, she actively tries to avoid thinking about them, but ends up spending her evenings watching food challenge videos on YouTube. Yesterday, she tasted a tiny lick of frosting from a cupcake her colleague brought to work. Feeling that she had totally ruined her diet, she proceeded to order and eat two large pepperoni pizzas and a family pack of cookies.
Using your knowledge of psychological explanations of eating behaviour, explain Amara's behavior and why her dieting attempt is likely to fail.
Practise AQA A Level Psychology Psychological explanations for obesity with exam-style questions for A Level Psychology. 13 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.
