Although it is certainly an unusual source of data for researchers, some have looked at Playboy centerfolds and Miss America Beauty pageant contestants. How is this research relevant to eating disorders?
a. The emphasis on thinness is a relatively recent phenomenon in the last 20 years.
b. These women's facial features indicated they had dieted beyond the point of medical safety.
c. Between 1959 and 1988, their ratio of weight to height for these groups declined dramatically.
d. In their interviews, almost all of these women gave subtle clues suggesting they were in deep conflict concerning weight control.
Answer: c.
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a. ?incomplete b. ?irrelevant c. ?positive d. ?stressful
Ebbinghaus found that information is forgotten
A) more rapidly as time goes by. B) gradually at first, then with increasing speed. C) quickly at first, then tapers off gradually. D) most quickly one day after learning.
_____ is a severe psychological disorder characterized by loss of contact with reality, hallucinations, delusions, inappropriate or flat affect, some disturbance in thinking, social withdrawal, and/or other bizarre behaviors
a) Posttraumatic stress disorder
b) Borderline personality disorder
c) Generalized anxiety disorder
d) Schizophrenia
The ability to stifle the impulse to show negative emotions at inappropriate times is called
A. competence. B. situational behavior. C. effortful control. D. internalized conflict.