Matilda has had anorexia nervosa for several years. She started losing weight because her family said she needed to lose a few pounds. A crucial part of treatment for Matilda is family therapy that focuses on the issues regarding
a. attitudes toward body shape and image distortions
b. negative communications in the family regarding food and eating.
c. dysfunctional communication in the family regarding food and eating.
d. all of the above
d
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People who are high in self-monitoring differ from others in a number of ways. For example, they are more likely to ____
a. have difficulty controlling their temper when they are angry b. have different sets of friends for different activities c. make internal attributions for others' behaviors d. be shy and introverted around others
Fifteen-month-old Latisha enjoys playing with her pet kitten at home, whom she calls "kit-cat." At the park, she runs over to a group of ducks and excitedly shouts out "kit-cat;" she then runs over to a woman walking her dog and points to the dog shouting out "kit-cat." Latisha's verbalizations illustrate ____.
A. overextension B. telegraphic speech C. expressive language style D. receptive vocabulary
Any repeating cycle of biological activity, such as sleep and waking cycles or changes in body temperature, is known as a(n)
a. ASC. b. biological rhythm. c. condensation. d. REM rebound.
Celia, who is a college student, has always thought of herself as an environmental activist. Recently, she "inherited" a gas-guzzling car from her parents, which she has been driving around campus. To reduce the cognitive dissonance that she feels from these clashing images of herself, the environmental activist and the gas-guzzling car owner, she might say that "it is more important to support
the environmental movement politically than it is to worry about how a person gets to work or school," which illustrates the strategy of a. changing her attitude. b. changing the importance of the dissonant thoughts. c. changing her behavior. d. reducing the amount of her perceived choice.