Which of the following is true of the etiology of eating disorders?
a. Genetic vulnerability evidence is not strong or complete compared to other types of pathology.
b. Personality factors have a strong correlation with vulnerability.
c. Mothers of girls with eating disorders rarely play a part in the daughter's disorder.
d. Distorted thinking is a cause of eating disorders.
A
You might also like to view...
Which of the following statements is true?
a. Barker’s ecological psychology assumes that personality differences determine behavior. b. Behavior settings are bounded social situations that regulate the actions of people in the settings. c. The impact of the environment on behavior is purely psychological. d. Ecological psychology is scientific study of the effects of ambience on action. e. Groups perform best when they have a surplus of members for the work to be done.
The Skinnerian version of behavior therapy:
a. has yet to be used effectively b. uses punishment extensively c. believes that behavior must be altered with pharmacological agents d. assumes that abnormal behavior is learned in the same way as any normal behavior
What happens to an infant's heart rate when a new stimulus is presented?
a. It remains the same. b. It gradually rises. c. It declines, then gradually rises. d. It initially rises and then sharply decreases.
Tia received a time-out every time she yelled in the house. Now she doesn't like loud sounds in the house. Her attitude was shaped by ______.
A. classical conditioning B. social learning C. operant conditioning D. self-affirmation