The condition in which people intentionally starve themselves and undergo severe weight loss is called _____
a. anorexia nervosa. c. bingeing
b. bulimia. d. marasmus
A
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A three-year-old boy observes his father yelling at his mother every time she says something the father doesn't like. Based on principles of observational learning, whenever the mother says something to the boy that he does not like in the future, the boy is MOST likely to do which of the following?
a. yell at his mother b. yell at his sister c. go and tell his father what the mother said d. yell at his father
Research regarding the success of treating paraphilic disorders with procedures such as orgasmic reconditioning and covert sensitization indicates that a. treatment is generally not successful
b. treatment is successful in only the small number of cases where the patient completes all treatment sessions. c. the number of cases in the research studies is too small to make conclusions at this point. d. treatment is generally effective.
You recently read a book about a celebrity who battled alcoholism throughout her adult life. This book best illustrates the:
a. experimental method c. survey method b. naturalistic observation d. case study
A rule of thumb that is used to get an approximation to the answer is called
(a) a heuristic (b) representativeness (c) availability (d) an algorithm (e) a base rate procedure