During a physical exam, a teenager asks the nurse if she can have a stronger medication for her constipation because the laxatives she has been taking are not helping. During the physical exam, the nurse observes mild to moderate erosion of the tooth enamel. Which of the following disorders is the client most likely experiencing?
a. Bulimia nervosa
b. Binge eating disorder
c. Idiopathic constipation
d. Irritable bowel syndrome
Answer: a. Bulimia nervosa
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Belle finds herself in therapy for situational depression after the death of her father. She also tells her therapist that she has often found it difficult to express her feelings to others and believes much of her problem stems from her own faults. If her therapist is part of current trends in therapy, the therapist will most likely
a. take a client-centered humanistic approach. b. have Belle consider social skills building, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and psychodynamic or humanistic therapy. c. choose one of the therapies she believes will be best. d. send Belle to a psychiatrist for medication.
Which explanation for panic disorder would most likely be offered by a cognitive-behavioral theorist?
a. "A malfunction in the receptors monitoring oxygen in the blood causes the patient to feel that he or she is suffocating when, in fact, he or she isn't." b. "Abnormalities of benzodiazepine receptors in the brain cause a person to feel mounting anxiety that leads to a panic attack.". c. "When ego defenses have weakened because of overuse, forbidden sexual impulses threaten to break into consciousness, causing an attack.". d. "When small changes in the body are misinterpreted as dreadful events, these beliefs start a positive-feedback loop that brings on an attack.".
Evidence for Spearman's general intelligence (g) factor includes the a. existence of savant behaviors
b. large improvements in IQ that have occurred in the last 100 years. c. verbal skills found in children with Williams syndrome. d. tendency for separate abilities to correlate within individuals.
Based on the research of Christina Maslach, it would seem that health-care workers may be prime candidates for job burnout. Individuals in this profession are LEAST likely to reduce the effects of this problem if their jobs are changed so that they
a. work as part of a team rather than handling all of their cases individually. b. have a chance to withdraw temporarily from high-stress situations. c. are allowed to spend more time in continuous contact with their clients. d. get some positive feedback for their efforts.