What is she best known for?
The fields of study she is best known for:
- Social psychology
- Developmental psychology
- Cognition
Patricia Pliner mainly focuses on Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Neophobia, Feeding behavior and Eating behavior.
Her work in Social psychology is not limited to one particular discipline; it also encompasses Food intake.
Her Food intake research incorporates themes from Social influence and Palatability.
Patricia Pliner studies Gender role, a branch of Developmental psychology.
Patricia Pliner works mostly in the field of Neophobia, limiting it down to topics relating to Taste and, in certain cases, Anxiety, as a part of the same area of interest.
Patricia Pliner studied Feeding behavior and Disgust that intersect with Food acceptance and Feeling.
Her most cited work include:
- Development of a scale to measure the trait of food neophobia in humans (1032 citations)
- The effects of mere exposure on liking for edible substances. (466 citations)
- Gender Differences in Concern with Body Weight and Physical Appearance Over the Life Span (444 citations)
What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?
Her primary areas of study are Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Feeding behavior, Food intake and Neophobia.
She studies Developmental psychology, namely Emotionality.
In general Social psychology study, her work on Impression management and Social influence often relates to the realm of Social environment and Food choice, thereby connecting several areas of interest.
Patricia Pliner combines subjects such as Psychopathology, Restricted diet and Disgust with her study of Feeding behavior.
Her research in Food intake intersects with topics in Obesity and Palatability.
The concepts of her Neophobia study are interwoven with issues in Test and Sex factors.
She most often published in these fields:
- Developmental psychology (53.47%)
- Social psychology (51.49%)
- Feeding behavior (17.82%)
What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2007-2019)?
- Social psychology (51.49%)
- Developmental psychology (53.47%)
- Food intake (16.83%)
In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:
Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Food intake, Social influence and Feeding behavior are her primary areas of study.
Her research in the fields of Norm, Identity and Social cue overlaps with other disciplines such as Consumption and Value.
Her work on Social comparison theory as part of general Developmental psychology research is frequently linked to Dieting, bridging the gap between disciplines.
Her Food intake study incorporates themes from Social relation and Social facilitation.
Her Social influence study combines topics in areas such as Self report, Normal eating, Conformity and Flesh.
Her Feeding behavior research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Schema, Cognition, Social cognition and Restricted diet.
Between 2007 and 2019, her most popular works were:
- Internal and external moderators of the effect of variety on food intake. (111 citations)
- Vulnerability to freshman weight gain as a function of dietary restraint and residence. (94 citations)
- Mechanisms underlying the portion-size effect. (64 citations)
In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Social psychology
- Cognition
- Internal medicine
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Social psychology, Food intake, Feeding behavior, Developmental psychology and Cognitive psychology.
Patricia Pliner specializes in Social psychology, namely Internal-External Control.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Variety, Sensory cue and Affect in addition to Food intake.
Her work carried out in the field of Feeding behavior brings together such families of science as Social relation, Meal, Social facilitation and Overeating.
Her research in Developmental psychology focuses on subjects like Social influence, which are connected to Eating behavior.
The Cognitive psychology study combines topics in areas such as Food environment and Cognition, Social cognition.
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