Harper PSY230 Chapter 11 Test Eating Disorders

Question 1The primary motivating emotion a person with anorexia nervosa experiences is:

                fear

                anger.

                shame.

                hate.

Question 2Dr. Lee is a family systems therapist.  He believes his patients diagnosed with eating disorders have come from:

                Families where parents divorced.

                A one-parent family.

                An enmeshed family pattern.

                Being adopted as an infant.

Question 3Of the following, the psychological disorder that anorexia nervosa most resembles is:

                Bi-polar disorder

                Narcissistic personality disorder

                Borderline personality disorder

                Obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Question 4Males account for what percent of all people with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa?

                5%

                10%

                15%

                20%

Question 5Which of the following is the best example of alexithymia?

                An inability to control one's eating

                An inability to describe one's feelings accurately

                An inability to act independently

                An inability to describe one's body accurately

Question 6One medical problem linked to bulimia nervosa is:

                Hair loss

                Hypermania

                Tooth loss

                Sodium deficiency

Question 7According to cognitive-behavioral theorists, the underlying distortion in eating disorders is related to:

                A misunderstanding of the relationship between food and weight.

                Eating that is uncontrolled.

                A preoccupation with thoughts about eating, shape, and weight.

                An inability to control one's emotions.

Question 8What appears to be the key factor to determining the types of food that are likely to be eaten in a binge?

                Oral stimulation through crunchiness

                High protein through meat

                Rapidity through soft texture

                Taste of the food

Question 9The peak age range for the development of anorexia nervosa is:

                7 to 10.

                10 to 13.

                14 to 20.

                20 to 25.

Question 10Parents who feed their children when they are anxious rather than hungry, and comfort them when they are tired (rather than giving them a nap) run the risk of producing children who:

                Can't assess their own needs.

                Are insensitive to others.

                Are overly dependent on internal cues.

                Are too independent.

Question 11The medication most helpful in the treatment of bulimia nervosa is an:

                antianxiety drug.

                antiemetic drug.

                antipsychotic drug.

                antidepressant drug.

Question 12Relapse for both bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa is most likely triggered by:

                weight gain.

                life stresses.

                media exposure.

                medication withdrawal.

Question 13What is the first type of food usually eliminated from the diet of a person developing anorexia nervosa?

                Meat

                Grains

                Breads

                Sweets

Question 14Reviewing all of the cases of binge-eating disorder, women represent approximately what percent of the total cases?

                44%

                54%

                64%

                74%

Question 15If a woman with anorexia nervosa has amenorrhea, what has happened?

                She has lost body hair.

                She has developed fine body hair all over her body.

                Her menstrual cycles have stopped.

                Her menstrual cycles are very frequent.

Question 16A person who was receiving the best and most current treatment for an eating disorder would receive treatment designed to:

                Deal only with changing the poor eating habits.  Once the symptoms stop, the cause will not be of consequence.

                Deal first with what caused the eating disorder, then correct it.

                Deal with what caused the eating disorder, then the symptoms will disappear.

                Deal first with changing the eating habits, then with what caused them.

Question 17The "weight set point" is:

                The weight a person is predisposed to maintain.

                The weight achieved after strict dieting.

                The ideal weight that a person desires to achieve.

                The average weight for people of the same height.

Question 18If a therapist thought that eating disorders were best explained by an interaction of factors—sociocultural, psychological, and biological—that therapist would be taking a ___________________.

                monodimentional risk perspective

                multidimentional risk perspective

                cognitive-behavioral perspective

                psychoanalytic perspective

Question 19

If a friend of yours had bulimia nervosa and engaged in frequent binges, about how many of your friend's binges per week would you expect to witness yourself?

                10

                20

                30

                none

Question 20The activity levels of which of the following are abnormal in people with eating disorders:

                Glutamate

                Serotonin

                Dopamine

                All of the above