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Does “Yummy” Food Help You Grow and Avoid Illness? Children's and Adults' Understanding of the Effect of Psychobiological Labels on Growth and Illness
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Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-08-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Social Sciences (Multidisciplinary)
Abstract EN
Three studies examined children's understanding of the role of psychobiological labels such as tasty (“yummy”) and not tasty (“yucky”) foods on growth and illness.
Studies 1 and 3 examined the role of tasty and not tasty foods on height, weight, and illness, respectively.
Study 2 controlled for the possibility that participants were responding to the positive and negative valence of the terms “yummy” and “yucky” in Study 1.
Results revealed that young children entertain psychobiological causes for growth but not for illness.
These results suggest that young children selectively apply psychobiological causes to explain different biological processes.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Raman, Lakshmi. 2011. Does “Yummy” Food Help You Grow and Avoid Illness? Children's and Adults' Understanding of the Effect of Psychobiological Labels on Growth and Illness. Child Development Research،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-487221
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Raman, Lakshmi. Does “Yummy” Food Help You Grow and Avoid Illness? Children's and Adults' Understanding of the Effect of Psychobiological Labels on Growth and Illness. Child Development Research No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-487221
American Medical Association (AMA)
Raman, Lakshmi. Does “Yummy” Food Help You Grow and Avoid Illness? Children's and Adults' Understanding of the Effect of Psychobiological Labels on Growth and Illness. Child Development Research. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-487221
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-487221