There will be changes to this reading list. The updated version will be published 1 July 2017.
The first half (August/September) deals with the social psychology of food and eating. For this part, the following texts are relevant. As for part 1, all mandatory articles and chapters will be provided on Fronter.
Nutrients, Staples, and Cuisines
Belasco, W. (2008). Food. The key concepts. Oxford: Berg.
Pages 1-34 (Chapters 1 & 2)
Rozin, P. (2007). Food and eating. Chapter in: S. Kitayama & D.Cohen (eds.). Handbook of Cultural Psychology, pp. 391-416. New York: Guilford.
Pages 391 – 396 (Start – The biological food system), 400 – 406 (Culture and Biology: –Food Socialization)
Food and Identity
Belasco, W. (2008). Food. The key concepts. Oxford: Berg.
Pages 35-53 (Chapter 3)
Nemeroff, C., & Rozin, P. (1989). You are what you eat: Applying the demand-free
impressions technique to an unacknowledged belief. Ethos, 17, 50-69.
Miller, L., Rozin, P., & Fiske, A. P. (1998). Food sharing and feeding another person
suggest intimacy; two studies of American college students.
Disgust from Biology to Morality
Rozin, P. (2007). Food and eating. Chapter in: S. Kitayama & D.Cohen (eds.). Handbook
of Cultural Psychology, pp. 391-416. New York: Guilford.
Pages 396 – 400
Chapman, H. A., & Anderson, A. K. (2013). Things rank and gross in nature: A review
and synthesis of moral disgust. Psychological Bulletin, 139, 300 – 327.
Regulation of eating and weight: Homeostasis vs. Goals, Dieting,
Obesity
Papies, E.K. (2012). Goal priming in dieters: Recent insights and applications. Current
Obesity Reports, 1, 99–105.
Stroebe, W., van Koningsbruggen, G. M., Papies, E. K., & Aarts, H. (2013). Why most
dieters fail but some succeed: A goal conflict model of eating behavior. Psychological
Review, 120, 110-138.
Social determinants of eating: Persuasion & marketing
Chandon, P., & Wansink, B. (2011). Is food marketing making us fat? A multi-disciplinary review. Foundations and Trends in Marketing, 5, 113-196.
Harris, J. L., Bargh, J. A., & Brownell, K. D. (2009). Priming effects of television food advertising on eating behaviour. Health Psychology, 28, 404-413.
The second part of this course (October/November) deals with general principles of human motivation and self-regulation, from theory to application.
For this part, we recommend the following two handbooks as a basis.
Vohs, K. D., & Baumeister, R. F. (Eds.). (2011). Handbook of self-regulation: Research, theory, and applications. Guilford Press.
Moskowitz, G. B., & Grant, H. (Eds.). (2009). The psychology of goals. Guilford Press.