________ is a disorder with recurrent episodes of binge eating without purging

a. Binge-eating disorder
b. Bulimia nervosa
c. Obesity
d. Anorexia nervosa


Answer: a. Binge-eating disorder

Psychology

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a. most people manage to accept that the infant does not need to fit into either the "female" or the "male" category. b. physicians are typically androcentric, so they almost always recommend surgery to create the standard male genitals. c. physicians usually recommend surgery so that the external genitals look more like either the standard male genitals or the standard female genitals. d. most parents prefer to postpone surgery until the child is old enough to choose either a male or a female identity.

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As Bernardo walks around the oval reflection pool, he always perceives it as an oval. This is due to:

a. relative size b. the phi phenomenon c. perceptual constancy d. the autokinetic effect

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Andrew underwent a Wada test, in which one hemisphere is anesthetized at a time, prior to brain surgery. When his right hemisphere was anesthetized, he was unable to speak. How would Andrew's physicians most likely interpret this result?

A. They must have made a mistake, because language functions are supposed to be managed by the left hemisphere. B. Andrew must have had a hemispherectomy for Rasmussen's syndrome many years ago. C. Andrew is one of a minority of people whose language is managed by the right hemisphere. D. Andrew must be bilingual. It is likely that he will still be able to speak in his other language.

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Which of the following patients with schizophrenia is least likely to have a favorable treatment outcome?

a. 19-year old Carissa, who suffers from delusions of grandeur. b. 29-year old Dante, who suffers from visual and auditory hallucinations. c. 48-year old Martin, who suffers from both delusions of persecution and auditory hallucinations. d. 34-year old Marlene, who suffers from flat affect and speech disturbances.

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