Describe eating disorders.

What will be an ideal response?


Compulsive overeating (binge eating) and compulsive overdieting (which may include self-starvation and binge eating and purging)-and combinations thereof-are the behaviors classified as eating disorders.

Psychology

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___________ requires an individual to engage in an effortful behavior for an extended period of time contingent on the occurrence of the problem behavior

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Psychology

An example of ____________________ is when individuals who have been infected with the HIV virus are counseled regarding how the disease is spread, so that they can ensure that the disease from does not infect others

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Psychology

Andrew was exposed to the chicken pox virus as a child. What happened to that virus after it crossed the blood-brain barrier and entered Andrew's brain?

A. Andrew's natural killer cells were able to quickly destroy it. B. The glia in his brain engulfed the virus and then natural killer cells destroyed them both. C. Nothing happened since the chicken pox virus cannot cross the blood-brain barrier. D. Nothing happened at first, but the virus remained there and caused negative effects for Andrew as he got older.

Psychology

The __________ fits over the cervix by suction and can be left in place for 24 hours

a. diaphragm b. cervical cap c. contraceptive sponge d. all of the above

Psychology