Abnormal Psych Test 3

The peak age range for the development of anorexia nervosa is:

14 to 20

What has research on evoked potential with people with dissociative identity disorder revealed?

Different subpersonalities show different brain response patterns.

"Depression and eating disorders are correlated." What does this statement mean?

People with eating disorders also tend to experience depression

A woman with anorexia has lanugo. What has happened?

She has grown silky fine hair on her body

What does switching in a person with dissociative identity disorder mean?

The person has changed from one subpersonality to another

What do acute and posttraumatic stress disorder have in common with dissociative disorders?

They are triggered by traumatic events

What do we know about the inheritance of PTSD?

Women who have high cortisol levels tend to have children with high cortisol levels

Which description is LEAST likely to characterize the behavior of someone experiencing anorexia nervosa?

a hesitancy to think about food

If a therapist thought that eating disorders were BEST explained by an interaction of sociocultural, psychological, and biological factors, that therapist would be taking a(an):

a multidimensional perspective

Diana looks at a digital photograph of herself and adjusts the size until she thinks the picture matches how she looks. She is MOST likely participating in an assessment of her:

accuracy in estimating body size

A person who witnessed a horrible accident and then became unusually anxious and depressed for three weeks is probably experiencing:

acute stress disorder

If a researcher believes that dissociative identity disorders are iatrogenic, that researcher believes that dissociative identity disorders:

are unintentionally produced by therapists

How do pro-Ana websites view anorexia?

as a lifestyle

Which factor during childhood has NOT been shown to increase a person's likelihood of developing a stress disorder after experiencing a trauma later in life?

being required to "work" for an allowance

People who are overweight and regularly binge eat without compensatory behaviors are experiencing:

binge-eating disorder

Similarities between bulimia and anorexia include which of these:

both tend to begin after a period of dieting among people afraid of being obese

Shana has been very stressed at work and at school. When she gets home, she eats muffins, cake, ice cream, and almost anything else in the house that is sweet. In the midst of eating, she takes a huge dose of a laxative to "empty out" the food she is eating. Her taking the laxative, and the assumption underlying why she does it, would lead to a diagnosis of:

bulimia nervosa

The group of hormones that are referred to as "stress hormones" are:

corticosteroids

Which diagnosis includes a breakdown in sense of self, a significant alteration in memory or identity, and even a separation of one part of the identity from another part?

dissociative disorder

If a person says, "I must be perfect in every way. I'll be a better person if I deprive myself of food," that person is engaging in:

distorted thinking

One distinction that DSM-5 makes between acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder is based on the:

duration of anxiety symptoms

Family members are overinvolved in each other's lives but are affectionate and loyal. This description fits Salvador Minuchin's definition of an:

enmeshed family pattern

What kind of therapy entails a combat veteran undergoing eye movement desensitization and reprocessing?

exposure therapy

The primary motivating emotion a person with anorexia experiences is:

fear

Which of the following is the BEST example of "reduced responsiveness" as it relates to posttraumatic stress disorder?

feeling detached or estranged from others and loss of interest in activities

According to Hilde Bruch, ineffective parents put their children at risk for eating disorders by:

incorrectly interpreting their children's needs

Which is NOT a compensatory behavior for someone with bulimia?

liquid-only diet

Corey experiences a mugging and robbery in which his dog is kidnapped. Eventually the dog is found and returned. However, cory cannot recall event immediately following the attack, up until the safe return of the dog. This is a classic example of:

localized amnesia

A young woman who is very concerned about being attractive to others, is more sexually experienced, and has relatively few obsessive qualities is:

more likely to be experiencing bulimia than anorexia

In a case of dissociative identity disorder, Lorna is aware of the existence of Jerry and Chris, but Jerry and Chris are not aware of the existence of the other personalities. This form of subpersonality relationship is called:

one-way amnesic

Imagine that you just had a "close call" while driving, but now you feel your body returning to normal. Which part of your nervous system is controlling this return to normalcy?

parasympathetic nervous system

A pattern of anxiety, insomnia, depression, and flashbacks that begins shortly after a horrible event and persists for less than a month is called:

posttraumatic stress disorder

Lamar is having flashbacks. Which symptom of posttraumatic stress disorder does this represent?

reexperiencing the traumatic event

Psychodynamic theorists believe that dissociative amnesias and fugues result from:

repression

A person who stopped eating candy and other sweets, then gradually eliminated other foods until he or she was eating almost nothing, could be experiencing:

restricted-type anorexia nervosa

The preoccupation with food characteristic of anorexia nervosa is thought to:

result from starvation

If one found that the average weight and size of cheerleaders had declined significantly over the years, and that those who aspired to be cheerleaders had a high level of eating disorders, that would be evidence for a _____ cause of eating disorders.

societal

The statement, "This is awful, but I guess I can deal with it like I do everything else," represents one person's

stress response

In response to a threat, we perspire, breathe more quickly, get goose bumps, and feel nauseated. These responses are controlled by the:

sympathetic nervous system

Regarding emotions, the pattern common in bulimia from prebinge, through binge, to postbinge is BEST described in sequence as:

tension, powerlessness, shame

Which statement MOST accurately describes the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal pathway of the stress response?

the hypothalamus stimulates the pituitary to produce a stress hormone that causes the adrenal gland to release corticosteroids

Bulimia is always characterized by:

uncontrollable overeating