Both the Psychoanalysts and the Behaviorist believe that all humans have needs. They also believe that humans (organisms) work to satisfy their needs. One such need is food. Hull a behaviorist theorist "acknowledged that people do not just have needs they have what he called cravings, which are desires for reinforcement even when they do not satisfy a need." (Funder, pg.412)
Taking this into consideration, it is possible for one to say that a person becomes obese because they are continually eating, not because they are hungry but because they are craving a specific food and they want to satisfy that craving. Every time a person has a craving they will eat, thus they will become obese.
The psychoanalysts according to DR. C George Boeree in his e-text "Personality Theory", believes that "although a wish for food, might be enough to satisfy the id, it isn't enough to satisfy the organism." This need becomes stronger and stronger and continues to demand more and more of your......
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