Why does dieting sometimes lead to overeating?
What will be an ideal response?
Decreasing caloric intake reduces a person's metabolic rate, which allows fat to remain in the cells so that weight loss is, in fact, impeded. This failure to lose weight sets the stage for a vicious cycle of increased commitment to dieting and vulnerability to binge eating.
Psychological consequences also contribute to this cycle by creating what some researchers call the "false hope syndrome"—an initial commitment to change one's appearance leads to short-term improvements in mood and self-image, but this hope declines as feelings of failure and loss of control increase (Polivy & Herman, 2005). Loss of control may lead to binge eating, and purging is seen as a way to counteract the perceived effects of binge eating on weight gain.
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What will be an ideal response?
The ______ model of mental illness holds that abnormal behavior is caused by physiological malfunction that is often attributable to hereditary factors
a. biological c. psychodynamic b. naturalistic d. cognitive-behavioral
A theory of human behavior that proposed that the kinds of reinforcement an individual has experienced in past social contexts will determine how that individual will act in a given situation is known as ____ theory
A. stimulus matching B. two-action C. mind-blindness D. social-learning
Before the accident, Bob was unemployed and had few friends. Lionel, who suffered comparable head
trauma, was a successful businessman and had just married. Which of these men should have the more favorable outcome and why? A) There is no reason to expect that these men will have different outcomes. B) Bob, because he will benefit from relearning basic social skills. C) Bob, because his lack of responsibilities will permit him to focus on getting well. D) Lionel, because he is more likely to be motivated to recover.