Abstract Purpose and Methods This paper examines the social cognitive processes that
regulate people's eating behavior. Specifically, we examine how eating behavior can be …

The alcohol myopia model (AMM;) is reviewed in light of its unique ability to account for a
variety of alcohol and nonalcohol-related disinhibited behaviors, particularly aggression …

According to the resource model of self-control, overriding one's predominant response
tendencies consumes and temporarily depletes a limited inner resource. Over 100 …

Two studies investigated the stress–eating relationship. The first examined self-reported
changes in intake of snack foods, whilst the second investigated stress-induced …

Eating in competition with other tasks has been shown to increase food intake, particularly
when tasks are cognitively demanding. To test the hypothesis that social facilitation of eating …

Straight Choices provides a fascinating introduction to the psychology of decision making,
enhanced by discussion of relevant examples of decision problems faced in everyday life …

BEHAVIOR AND PSYCHOLOGY and are dissociable under several circumstances. For
example, drug-addicted individuals report a greater desire to consume a drug over time …

Envy is the unpleasant emotion that can arise when people are exposed to others with
superior possessions. Common wisdom and scholarly opinion suggest that when people …

Consumers trying to watch or restrict what they eat face a battle each day as they attempt to
navigate the food-rich environments in which they live. Due to the complexity of food …

Addiction models have frequently invoked motivational mechanisms to explain the initiation
and maintenance of addictive behaviors. However, in doing so, these models have …