In prospective longitudinal studies, the thought and behavior patterns of young adolescents who later are diagnosed with anorexia nervosa often reveal __________.
A. body dissatisfaction
B. proneness to dieting
C. internalization of a thin-body ideal
D. that they have never considered dieting to control weight
Answer: B
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When social class factors are not taken into consideration, ethnic differences for intelligence test scores seem to follow which pattern?
a. European Americans score above Native Americans who score above Asian Americans. b. African Americans score below European Americans who score below Asian Americans. c. Latino Americans score about the same as European Americans who score above Asian Americans. d. Native Americans score about the same as African Americans who score above Latino Americans.
For Freud, the seething cauldron of unconscious urges and desires continuously seeking expression is the ______
a. id c. superego b. ego d. persona
According to Kübler-Ross, dying people who are in the bargaining process stage tend to keep their promises
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
According to the longitudinal study by Striegel-Moore and colleagues on ethnic
differences in eating disorders discussed in the text, all of the following statements are true except: a. European American girls are more likely to report dissatisfaction with their body and a desire to be thin than their African American peers. b. African American girls are more likely to report dissatisfaction with their body and a desire to be thin than their European American peers. c. Key symptoms of eating disorders increase with age in African American girls. d. Key symptoms of eating disorders increase with age in European American girls. e. Differences between African American and European girls are small and mostly nonsignificant when it comes to eating disorders.