The articles indicated below are the basis for the lectures and seminars of each week. It is useful to read them already before the lecture, and necessary to read them in the days between lecture and seminar. Students will be required to read additional articles between lecture and seminar, as a basis for the discussion in the seminar.
Module 1
Lecture and Seminar 1: 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)
Lecture and Seminar 2: Food and Identity
Belasco, W. (2008). Food. The key concepts. Oxford: Berg.
Pages 35-53 (Chapter 3)
Miller, L., Rozin, P., & Fiske, A. P. (1998). Food sharing and feeding another person suggest intimacy; two studies of American college students.
Lecture and Seminar 3: 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.
Lecture and Seminar 4: Regulation of eating and weight: Homeostasis vs. Goals, Dieting, Obesity
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.
Lecture and Seminar 5: Minorities
Holmboe-Ottesen, G., & Wandel, M. (2012). Changes in dietary habits after migration and consequences for health: a focus on South Asians in Europe. Food & nutrition research, 56(1), 18891.
Puhl, R. M., & Heuer, C. A. (2009). The stigma of obesity: a review and update. Obesity, 17(5), 941-964.
Module 2
Lecture and seminar: Why we Strive
Armitage, C. J., & Conner, M. (2007). Social cognition models and health behaviour : A structured review. Psychology & Health, 15, 173-189. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870440008400299
Elliot, A. J., & Niesta, D. (2009). Goals in the context of the hierarchical model of approach-avoidance motivation. In G. B. Moskowitz & H. Grant (Eds.), The psychology of goals (pp. 56–76). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Kruglanski, A. W., Chernikova, M., Babush, M., Dugas, M., & Schumpe, B. M. (2015). The Architecture of Goal Systems. In Advances in Motivation Science (Vol. 2, pp. 69–98). https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.adms.2015.04.001
Lecture and seminar: Planning
Oettingen, G., & Stephens, E. J. (2009). Fantasies and motivationally intelligent goal setting. In G. B. Moskowitz & H. Grant (Eds.), The psychology of goals (pp. 153–173). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Sheeran, P. (2002). Intention-Behavior Relations: A Conceptual and Empirical Review. European Review of Social Psychology, 12, 1–36. https://doi.org/10.1080/14792772143000003
Verhoeven, A. A. C., Adriaanse, M. A., de Vet, E., Fennis, B. M., & de Ridder, D. T. D. (2014). Identifying the "if" for "if-then" plans: Combining implementation intentions with cue-monitoring targeting unhealthy snacking behaviour. Psychology & Health, 29, 1476–1492. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2014.950658
Lecture and seminar: Temptations
Fishbach, A., & Converse, B. A. (2011). Identifying and Battling Temptation. In K. D. Vohs & R. F. Baumeister (Eds.), Handbook of Self-Regulation: Research, Theory, and Applications (2nd ed., pp. 244–260). New York: Guilford Press.
Keesman, M., Aarts, H., H?fner, M., & Papies, E. K. (2017). Mindfulness Reduces Reactivity to Food Cues: Underlying Mechanisms and Applications in Daily Life. Current Addiction Reports, 4, 151–157. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-017-0134-2
Nordgren, L. F., Van Der Pligt, J., & Van Harreveld, F. (2008). The Instability of health cognitions: Visceral states influence self-efficacy and related health beliefs. Health Psychology, 27, 722–727. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-6133.27.6.722
Lecture and seminar: The Social Cure
Allcott, H., & Rogers, T. (2012). The short-run and long-run effects of behavioral interventions: Experimental evidence from energy conservation (NBER working paper series No. 18492). Retrieved from http://www.nber.org/papers/w18492
Haslam, C., Cruwys, T., Haslam, S. A., Dingle, G., & Chang, M. X.-L. (2016). Groups 4 Health: Evidence that a social-identity intervention that builds and strengthens social group membership improves mental health. Journal of Affective Disorders, 194, 188–195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2016.01.010
Mckenzie-Mohr, D., & Schultz, P. W. (2012). Choosing Effective Behavior Change Tools. Paper Presented at the Behavior, Energy and Climate Change Conference. Retrieved from http://media.cbsm.com/uploads/1/BECC.pdf
Rawn, C. D., & Vohs, K. D. (2011). When people strive for self-harming goals: Sacrificing personal health for interpersonal success. In K. D. Vohs & R. F. Baumeister (Eds.), Handbook of self-regulation: Research, theory, and applications (2nd ed., pp. 374–389). New York: Guilford Press.
Lecture and seminar: Intervention
Frederiks, E. R., Stenner, K., & Hobman, E. V. (2014). Household energy use: Applying behavioural economics to understand consumer decision-making and behaviour. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 41, 1385–1394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2014.09.026
Salmon, S. J., Fennis, B. M., De Ridder, D. T. D., Adriaanse, M. A., & De Vet, E. (2014). Health on impulse: When low self-control promotes healthy food choices. Health Psychology, 33, 103–109. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0031785