Discuss the factors that complicate the diagnosis of eating disorders
What will be an ideal response?
While it may be simple to determine that there is a disordered pattern to an individual's eating habits, the
symptoms evident may not fit any of the established diagnostic categories. Thus, the DSM-IV-TR provides a
"catch-all" category of "eating disorder not otherwise specified", a diagnosis given to as many as 1/3 of those
who seek treatment for an eating disorder. Further complicating the diagnosis of eating disorders is the fact that
the eating patterns of an individual with an eating disorder may change over time, such that the individual who
once clearly had anorexia may now appear to have bulimia. The clinical features exhibited change over time, a
facet of the eating disorders not accounted for by the current classification system.
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a) holding up the bottle b) the therapist saying, "Say bottle" c) the child saying "bottle" d) the bottle being given to the child
Carol Gilligan maintains that during adolescence, girls
A) become increasingly sure of themselves. B) become more tentative and silence their "voice." C) come to value their sensitivity to others more highly. D) expect themselves to be more assertive.
Thought and logic based on one's personal experience is called
A) conservation. B) intuitive thought. C) concrete operations. D) scaffolding.
Who was the psychoanalyst who suggested that during the preschool years, children face conflict relating to initiative?
a) Freud b) Erikson c) Vygotsky d) Skinner