The increase in the incidence of eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa has been referred to as a "collision between our culture and our physiology.". The most accurate interpretation of this statement is that
a. people have become too dependent on media determinations of beauty
b. media standards of beauty are increasingly unattainable for the average woman.
c. dieting has become a fad that has been taken to an extreme.
d. beauty is now being defined by different cultures in society than before.
b
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a. behaviorism. b. humanism. c. psychoanalysis. d. functionalism.
Rosenthal's "bloomers" study demonstrated that
A) higher teacher expectations of students led to higher academic performance. B) students who believed they were smart outperformed those who did not believe that they were smart. C) students who believed they were less intelligent performed worse than students believing that they were more intelligent. D) students with high achievement motivation tended to outperform students with low achievement motivation.
Which of the following is NOT one of the three basic functions of play therapy identified by Brems (2008)?
A. The formation of important relationships B. Disclosure of feelings and thoughts C. Imitative relearning D. Healing
The drug most abused by pregnant women is ______
a. nicotine c. cocaine b. marijuana d. alcohol