What are the four primary symptoms of anorexia?

What will be an ideal response?


1 . inability to maintain body weight and at least 85% of normal for height. 2 . fear of weight gain. 3 . lack of menstruation. 4 . disordered body image.

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A friend asks you to describe a horror movie you recently saw. As you tell her about the movie, you remember the face of one of the characters as he confronts the monster. Which part of your brain is especially active as you experience the emotional dimension of your memory?

A. corpus callosum B. frontal lobe C. amygdala D. thalamus

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When Carolyn Rovee-Collier and other researchers use the conjugate reinforcement technique,

a. the babies show habituation to a stimulus that is presented repeatedly. b. the babies suck at a higher rate to produce the voice of their mother than the voice of a stranger. c. the babies kick in order to produce movement of a mobile. d. they babies receive a "peekaboo" reinforcement when they recognize a familiar object.

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Which of the following hormones is released from the pituitary gland and plays a broad role in regulating many behaviors generally involved in happiness, including pregnancy, parenthood, sexual activity, social bonding, trust, and the reduction of stress reactions?

a. melatonin b. oxytocin c. corticoids d. androgens

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An African-American woman who wanted to ease racial tensions took a freshly baked pie to her neighbors across the way, who were Orthodox Jews. At the front door the woman extended her hand, not knowing that Orthodox Jews don't shake women's hands, unless the woman is a close family member. The African-American woman also picked up a kitchen knife to cut the pie, not knowing the couple kept a

kosher household and used different knives for different foods. The woman's well-intentioned attempt at neighborliness ended in an argument, which could have been prevented through a. knowledge of different cultural values and practices. b. controlled social competition. c. the development of more just-world beliefs. d. all of these.

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