Describe two important ways in which individuals with anorexia nervosa are different from individuals with bulimia nervosa
What will be an ideal response?
• Amount of weight lost – usually little or none in bulimia; a lot in anorexia
• Age of onset – younger for anorexia; older for bulimia
• Medical complications – higher risk of more lethal complications for anorexia than bulimia
• Additional psychopathology – depression more common in bulimia than anorexia
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What approach is used in "The Action" for treating children with depression and their families? Describe the "The Action" program
What will be an ideal response?
What basic assumption do cognitive-behavioral theorists make about human nature?
a. We are uncivilized at birth and our developmental processes teach us about acceptable behaviors. b. We are essentially good and through environmental influences including significant others, become our best possible selves. c. We are neither good nor bad, but rather are shaped by cognitive-personal factors, behavior, and our environments. d. Whether we are good or bad depends on inborn tendencies, but these can be shaped to some degree in early development.
A professor asks a group of 8-year-olds and a group of 16-year-olds to argue that they should receive a reduction in their allowance, an argument with which they all surely disagree. Which of the following statements is a likely result of this study?
Almost none of the students will be able to do this. Eight-year-olds will be able to do this, but 16-year-olds will be unable to do this. Sixteen-year-olds will be able to do this, but 8-year-olds will be unable to do this. Almost all of the students will be able to do this easily.
In developmental research, a cohort is
A. a group of people born at about the same time, exposed to the same events in a society. B. someone who shares an individual's living quarters. C. someone who has many similar characteristics as the individual under study. D. a group of people who lived apart, influenced by different demographic trends.