Describe how role disputes could contribute to the emergence of bulimia nervosa.
What will be an ideal response?
According to interpersonal theory, role disputes arise when there are mismatched expectations for behavior. As an example, a 15-year-old may think she is old enough to stay out past midnight at her boyfriend’s house when his parents aren’t home, because she believes she is essentially an adult who can make her own decisions. Her parents might instead believe that she is more like a child who needs protection and that she should only be in supervised situations with her boyfriend and a curfew at 9:00. This can lead to tension and the adolescent feeling unfairly treated and misunderstood. As a result, dysphoria may develop and the dysphoria can result in binge-eating behavior, which begins the negative reinforcement cycle that continues with purging.
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Which of the following would Ellis consider a healthy belief?
a. "I am great because I succeeded." b. "I am bad for failing." c. "It is good when I fail." d. "I prefer to succeed and it is unpleasant when I fail."
Ellis eventually elaborated his REBT model to add the letters D and E to ABC, wherein D stands for __________ and E refers to____________
a. Dysfunctional attitudes; Excessive emotional reaction b. Disputing irrational beliefs; Effective new philosophy c. Distressing consequences; Existential perspective d. Distinguishing rational from irrational beliefs; Emotion regulation
Kelvin is becoming aware of his social values and is considering the ministry as a career. According to Howard and Walsh he is probably at this level of vocational reasoning
a. magical thinking. b. interaction. c. realism. d. world-of-work information.
If a student says that 38 is a person’s observed score in a single testing, the true score is expected to fall within the interval from 38 – 2 (SEM) to 38 + 2 (SEM). Which of the following terms does this statement describe?
a. Confidence interval. b. Standard error. c. True score variance. d. Random distribution.