Abnormal Psych Final Quiz 8

aversive-self awareness

A heightened awareness of personal flaws, whether real or imagined, is called _____. This leads to significant emotional distress, which may temporarily be dulled by focusing on immediate aspects of the environment, such as occurs with bingeing

not maintain at least a low normal weight

A key feature of anorexia nervosa is that the individual will:

have an intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, or persistent behavior that prevents weight gain.

According to the DSM-5, to be diagnosed with anorexia nervosa an individual must

twice

Almost _____ as many women as men will be diagnosed with binge eating disorder

bulimia nervosa

An individual who engages in repeated episodes of binge eating followed by inappropriate efforts to prevent weight gain is most likely suffering from

during adolescence or young adulthood

Anorexia nervosa usually emerges

75-90

Approximately _____ percent of people who have bulimia nervosa are female

have at least one comorbid psychological disorder

At least half the patients with anorexia nervosa

binge eating

Frequent episodes of rapid uncontrolled eating of large quantities of food, even when not hungry, without subsequent purging is called _____ disorder.

white females

In the United States, the group in which anorexia is most often diagnosed is _____.

abstinence violation

In the _____ effect, the violation of a self-imposed rule about food restriction leads to feeling out of control with food

restricting type

In the classic type of anorexia, known as _____, low weight is achieved and maintained through severe undereating.

a sub-threshold case of bulimia nervosa

Li binges once a week and exercises every day, but on the day she binges her workout is more intense. Li has

learn to consider their own bodies as commodities and object

Objectification theory helps explain how cultural ideals of thinness make women vulnerable to eating disorders by positing that girls

binge eating disorder

Of these disorders, which is the most commonly diagnosed?

causes

Once an eating disorder has developed, it is difficult to disentangle the _____ of the eating disorder from the widespread effects of an eating disorder on neurological (and, more generally, biological), psychological, and social functioning

subthreshold

People who have symptoms that fit all the diagnostic criteria for a specific eating disorder, but at levels lower than required for the diagnosis of that disorder, are diagnosed with a(n) _____ case.

frontal

People with anorexia have low activity in the _____ lobes, which may play a key role in representing body size.

purging

People with anorexia who overeat will then engage in _____, which is an attempt to reduce the ingested calories by vomiting or using diuretics, laxatives, or enemas

dehydration

People with anorexia who purge may experience

restrained eating

Restricting intake of specific foods or overall caloric intake is referred to as

obsessive-compulsive disorder

Some symptoms of anorexia nervosa overlap with

aversive

The heightened awareness of personal flaws seen in people with eating disorders is called _____ self-awareness

bulimia

The most common occurring eating disorder is

serotonin

The neurotransmitter _____ is involved in regulating a wide variety of behaviors and characteristics that are associated with eating disorders

serotinin

The neurotransmitter most affected in those who have an eating disorder is

abstinence-violation effect

The thought, "I shouldn't have had any of that cake. But now that I've blown it for the day, I might as well have more cake. In fact, I'll get a cake of my own and eat the whole thing," followed by purging, is an example of:

binge eating disorder

Twice in a semester, at midterms and finals, Sasha binges once in a week, usually in a 2-hour stint. According to the DSM-5, what would Sasha's diagnosis be

the permanent loss of intestinal functioning

Using laxatives regularly can result in

the development of heart and muscle problems

Using syrup of ipecac to induce vomiting is dangerous because it can cause

anorexia nervosa is associated with the loss of grey and white matter in the brain

What has been shown by neuroimaging studies of individuals with eating disorders?

the power of the media and the influence of the cultural thin ideal on body image

What was demonstrated by Becker and colleague's study done in Fiji?

increase their self worhth

When individuals think, "If I restrict my calories, that'll prove that I'm in control of myself and worthy of respect," they are trying to

bingeing

Which of these is NOT an inappropriate compensatory behavior?

binging turns off unpleasant thoughts and feelings

Which of these is an example of negative reinforcement

after receiving half their caloric intake for 6 months, the men in the study became obsessed with food and began to hoard food and random items.

Which statement BEST summarizes the findings of the starvation study by Keys and colleagues?

Bulimia is two to three times more prevalent than anorexia and is much more prevalent among females than males

Which statement about bulimia nervosa is true?

they are more likely than average to have other members of their family have an eating disorder

Which statement about individuals with eating disorders is true

false

Within the United States, prevalence rates of eating disorders are approximately the same across ethnic groups, in spite of their different ideals of beauty and femininity

anorexia nervosa

_____ has the highest mortality rate of any psychological disorder.