Matilda has had anorexia nervosa for several years. She started losing weight because her family said she needed to lose a few pounds. A crucial part of treatment for Matilda is family therapy that focuses on the issues regarding
A. attitudes toward body shape and image distortions.
B. negative communications in the family regarding food and eating.
C. dysfunctional communication in the family regarding food and eating.
D. all of these are correct
Answer: D
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a. homesickness. b. depression. c. anorexia. d. narcolepsy.
A drug that blocks the effects of a neurotransmitter is a(n) ____; a drug that mimics or increases the effects is a(n) ____
a. neuromodulator; synergist b. agonist; antagonist c. depressant; stimulant d. antagonist; agonist
______ refers to the different situations or conditions that participants experience in an experiment because of the manipulation of the independent variable.
A. Interaction effect B. Levels of the independent variable C. Marginal means D. Factorial designs
Children around the world learn their parents' language at the same average pace. These "linguistic universals" suggest to nativists that
a. language learning is based on the infantile diet. b. similar language instruction is given in all cultures. c. the brain is biologically programmed to learn language. d. empiricism best explains the learning of language.