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Which of the following conditions is more commonly seen in the restricting type of anorexia as opposed to the binge-purge type? |
| | A) | problems with unstable moods |
| | B) | deep mistrust of others |
| | C) | alcohol and drug abuse |
| | D) | self-mutilation |
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Approximately _____ percent of people diagnosed with anorexia nervosa are women. |
| | A) | 90 |
| | B) | 66 |
| | C) | 50 |
| | D) | 25 |
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Which of the following is a known difference in the presentation of anorexia nervosa in Asian cultures, compared to American and European cultures? |
| | A) | Asians with anorexia nervosa are more preoccupied with being fat than Americans or Europeans with anorexia. |
| | B) | Asians with anorexia nervosa are more commonly restricted types, whereas more Americans and Europeans are binge/purge types. |
| | C) | Asians with anorexia nervosa do not have the distorted body images that are characteristic of American and European anorexia patients and will often admit that they are thin. |
| | D) | More men than women have anorexia nervosa in Asian cultures. |
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Who coined the term "anorexia nervosa," noted its prevalence among females, and noted the tendency for the disorder to begin in adolescence? |
| | A) | Sir William Gull |
| | B) | Charles Lasegue |
| | C) | Hilde Bruch |
| | D) | Richard Morton |
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Which of the following is not included in the DSM-IV definition of a binge? |
| | A) | A binge includes a feeling of a lack of control over one's eating. |
| | B) | A binge occurs over a discrete period of time. |
| | C) | A binge includes eating an amount of food that is definitely larger than most people would eat under similar circumstances. |
| | D) | A binge must include a minimum of 1,500 calories. |
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Which of the following is not a method used by someone with the purging type of bulimia? |
| | A) | abuse of laxatives |
| | B) | excessive exercise |
| | C) | self-induced vomiting |
| | D) | abuse of diuretics |
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Which of the following statements about anorexia and bulimia is false? |
| | A) | Both anorexia and bulimia are more common on college campuses with as many as 25 percent of women meeting the diagnostic criteria for one of the eating disorders. |
| | B) | People with bulimia do not have the distorted body image that people with anorexia have. |
| | C) | People are more likely to die from anorexia than from bulimia. |
| | D) | Both anorexia and bulimia tend to begin in adolescence. |
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Which of the following eating disorders does not involve binge eating? |
| | A) | bulimia (purging type) |
| | B) | bulimia (non-purging type) |
| | C) | anorexia (binge-purge type) |
| | D) | anorexia (restricting type) |
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Which of the following statements about dieting is false? |
| | A) | Dieting increases irritability and emotional reactivity. |
| | B) | Dieting increases a person's ability to read their body's cues about hunger and satiety. |
| | C) | Dieting slows down the metabolic rate, reducing the body's need for food. |
| | D) | People prefer sweet-tasting foods when they are on diets more often than when they are not. |
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Which of the following is not an aspect of Hilde Bruch's theory of eating disorders? |
| | A) | Girls develop eating disorders because they have parents who expect them to be "modern woman" but also to conform to traditional female roles. These girls strive to be perfect in all ways but eventually want to "drop out of the race" and be taken care of, which is facilitated by having an eating disorder. |
| | B) | Girls who develop eating disorders have parents who are over-invested in their daughters' compliance and achievements, who are over-controlling, and who will not allow the expression of negative emotions. |
| | C) | Because of the parenting they receive, girls with eating disorders learn to monitor closely the needs and desires of others and to comply with others' demands. |
| | D) | Because of the parenting they receive, girls with eating disorders have fundamental deficits in their sense of self and identity; they do not accurately identify their own feelings and desires, and thus do not cope appropriately with distress. |
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One biological abnormality found in people with anorexia is ____________________. |
| | A) | abnormally low levels of serotonin |
| | B) | abnormally high levels of norepinephrine |
| | C) | abnormally low levels of serotonin and norepinephrine |
| | D) | abnormally high levels of serotonin but low levels of norepinephrine |
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In treating anorexia, behavior therapies |
| | A) | have low relapse rates. |
| | B) | benefit the majority of anorexic patients. |
| | C) | are not effective treatments. |
| | D) | should involve the entire family. |
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The treatment for eating disorders noted for the greatest and most enduring improvements in several studies, is |
| | A) | interpersonal therapy. |
| | B) | supportive-expressive psychodynamic therapy. |
| | C) | behavior therapy. |
| | D) | cognitive-behavioral therapy. |
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Tricyclic antidepressants |
| | A) | are effective treatments for anorexia. |
| | B) | are effective at reducing binge eating and treating bulimia |
| | C) | are highly addictive and therefore rarely prescribed |
| | D) | relieve sufferers of bulimia from their desire to engage in severe dieting |
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The study by Mann et al. (1997) suggests that programs designed to prevent eating disorders |
| | A) | are quite effective. |
| | B) | are no more effective than general stress and coping programs. |
| | C) | should target students whose behavior is not eating-disordered and students who are already having food-related problems differently. |
| | D) | should include primary but not secondary prevention. |
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All of the following are diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa except: |
| | A) | Intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat. |
| | B) | Absence of at least three menstrual cycles (in women who have reached menarche). |
| | C) | Refusal to maintain body weight at or above a minimally normal weight for one's age and height. |
| | D) | Recurrent inappropriate behaviors to prevent weight gain. |
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Men who develop eating disorders: |
| | A) | Display different symptoms of eating disorders than women. |
| | B) | Have high rates of comorbid substance abuse (like women), but do not have high rates of comorbid depression. |
| | C) | Are more likely than women to have a history of being overweight. |
| | D) | Are more likely than women to be athletes. |
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A brain area thought to be dysregulated in eating disorders is/are the: |
| | A) | Hippocampus. |
| | B) | Thalamus. |
| | C) | Hypothalamus. |
| | D) | Parietal lobes. |
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Eating disorders are more common among: |
| | A) | Hispanics. |
| | B) | Caucasians. |
| | C) | People of lower socioeconomic status. |
| | D) | African Americans. |
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