Biopsychosocial Approach and Obesity

Which approach do you think is more concrete? Explain why.
Being a teenage girl, my health and fitness is something I take seriously. The statistic that half of American adults are over weight, and two-thirds of them being obese is a scary thought to me and makes me question how someone would allow themselves to get that way. I believe that the social-cultural approach has the most concrete. Living in the US, most people want what's fast, easy and cheap. However, what's fast, easy, and cheap isn't always the healthiest. Fast food is often what is glorified in advertisements, and that attracts most people to it. Also, for those who wants to seek out healthy organic options, can't always afford to keep up with it. Our environment plays a big factor on how Americans choose to feed themselves, which is lead to the high obesity rates.

Based on your introduction to the various modern approaches to psychology, which approach not discussed might provide another rationale for obesity? Explain your answer.
I believe that the behavioral perspective could also be another rationale for obesity. Starting at the young ages of our life, we are taught when to eat, what to eat and how much to eat. We watch our parents and peers, and develop similar habits overtime, based on who is surrounds us. I wonder if most eating habits of obese people are developed from their parents and what they were shown regarding health growing up. Also, many humans (including myself) often find motivation with the reward of food. As well as angered by the thought of food being taken away from us.

AMANDA YATES: CONVICTED PSYCHATRIC

Which level of psychological analysis is the most convincing to you? Explain why.

The  Amanda Yates Case is a horrifying story that forces idividuals to take a closer look on how the human brain works and what drives people to make crazy life-altering descions. I believe that the behavioral and social cultural perspective to be the most covincing factor in this case. Looking into the background story of Yates' descion, evidence can be drawn that the enviroment around her caused her actions. An absent and unwilling husband, unsupportive family and friends, and being taken off anti-depression meds could have triggered these obscene actions on her children. In my own experieneces, any form of neglect or distancey from my family and friends leads me to feeling sad and empty. While I know how to handle these feelings of saddness, not everyone is as capable. With Yates prior use or anti-depression meds, her emotions coudld overcrowd her sanity. While drowing your kids in a bathtub does have to do with mental disease, I belive that it was her coruppted enviroment that lead her to it.





What important principle might this case reveal about the nature of psychology?
Ultiamately, I belive this case to be a good example of the nature of how psychology encourages a new persepctive on matters.When approaching cases of this sort, it's the right initive to convict her and put her in jail; however the psycholosist perspective reveals the background to why this case happened, and what causes the actions. Looking over her case, there are many details that can be lead to why she drowned her kids, that is where psychology comes in; to determind that this is more to the situaution then her act of violence.