Describe how the statement "Internalization is more important than awareness" relates to the role of media in the development of eating disorders
What will be an ideal response?
• The role of media in the development of eating disorders has been a common topic of research
• Media normalize dieting and thinness as well as encourage critical evaluation of one's body
• While it is clear that the media can and does have a negative impact on body image and body satisfaction/dissatisfaction, mere exposure does not cause eating disorders: it is the internalization of these images in vulnerable individuals that leads to eating disorders
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a. about an equal frequency and severity. b. women in higher numbers but less severity. c. men in higher numbers but less severity. d. men in higher numbers and higher severity.
One gene of interest in schizophrenia is DISC1 . This gene ____
a. controls differentiation and migration of neurons in brain development b. alters the metabolism of glucose, especially in the brain c. controls the breakdown of norepinephrine d. alters the responsiveness of the nucleus accumbens
What is one of the major reasons that psychologists report results publicly?
a) to comply with legal requirements b) to identify all the extraneous variables c) to allow other scientists to replicate their study d) to explain research results so that non-psychologists can understand them
One of the primary costs of evolving large brains is
A. large brains require a lot of energy and nutrients relative to their size. B. they are more subject to mutations than small brains, slowing evolution. C. they are associated with population increases, which increases evolutionary pressures. D. they evolved late in evolutionary history.