Which of the following best explains the lack of well-controlled studies on the effectiveness of treatment for anorexia nervosa?

a. Few people with anorexia who are in treatment are willing to participate with bulimics.
b. Few people with anorexia achieve full remission.
c. The high mortality rate with anorexia results in sample sizes too small to yield valid conclusions.
d. Few people with anorexia are willing to seek treatment, and they are likely to drop out prematurely from treatment.


d. Few people with anorexia are willing to seek treatment, and they are likely to drop out prematurely from treatment.

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In classical conditioning, the term extinction can be misleading because:

A) spontaneous recovery of extinguished conditioned responses can occur. B) conditioned stimuli cannot lose the ability to elicit conditioned responses. C) extinction does not change the mental representation of one's environment. D) extinction is a continuous and irreversible process.

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What would be some of the ergs that motivated Walter’s marriage and the formation of his family, according to Cattell? Explain.

What will be an ideal response?

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A patient with prosopagnosia has difficulty recognizing ______.

a. drawings of objects b. moving objects c. faces d. sounds e. flavors

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