Unlike most of the disorders of childhood and adolescence, the causes of eating disorders are disproportionately related to ____ influences

a. sociocultural
b. biological
c. familial
d. psychological


a

Psychology

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Darhma is overweight. She likes to eat cookies and other sugary snacks, and often eats an entire package at one sitting. She is upset by this because she knows how important weight is to health, but she does not engage in inappropriate compensatory behaviors such as the use of laxatives or purging. Which of the following would be a likely diagnosis?

A. Anorexia nervosa B. Bulimia nervosa C. Binge-eating disorder D. Purging disorder

Psychology

In adapting to a new culture, the pattern that involves maintaining one's old cultural identity, but participating in the new culture is known as

a. assimilation. b. marginalization. c. integration. d. separation.

Psychology

An experiment in which extraneous variables are controlled is said to be

a. internally reliable b. internally valid c. externally valid d. externally reliable

Psychology

According to the chapter Does TV Violence Sell? about memory of commercial content, mood

management theory suggests that (a) if you are ina negative mood you will engage in self-destructive activity (b) viewers placed in a negative mood from exposure to violent programming engage in an active process to improve their mood (c) viewers who are placed in a negative mood from violent programming will often engage in violent actions in order to relieve tension (d) a positive mood can immediately shift and become negative at first exposure to a violent stimulus

Psychology