Exam 10: Eating Disorders

Of the eating disorders, ______ disorder is a new addition to the current edition of the DSM.

The key distinction between bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder is that individuals with bulimia

A researcher should find a(n) ______ correlation between somatosensory activity and BMI when people are anticipating food.

The major eating disorders in the DSM-5 do NOT include ______.

Distinguish between eating and feeding disorders. Provide one example of each. How did feeding and eating disorders come to be included in one category in the DSM-5?

The main characteristic of ______ are periods of overeating followed by purging.

A person who eats something that is not considered food may have a feeding disorder called ______.

Obese individuals show greater activation in the reward circuits of the brain when eating than do lean people.

Which of the following correlation coefficients is a researcher MOST likely to find between the level of reward circuit activity and BMI among a sample of people who are eating?

Females tend to ______ their weight, whereas males tend to ______ their weight.

According to the textbook, if food intake is reduced or increased, one's brain circuits will change. This is an example of what neuroscientists usually call the brain's ______.

Food restrictions during adolescent development lead to several changes in the brain. Restrictive eating and anorexia do NOT produce a(n) ______.

Higher levels of perfectionism in individuals with anorexia nervosa are associated with ______ recovery from treatment and ______ duration before relapse.

Petra is recovering from anorexia nervosa. She is in the very last phase of a treatment program based on the Maudsley approach. Petra is MOST likely

Binge eating disorder is the LEAST common of the three major eating disorders in the DSM-5.

Although researchers have identified variables related to bulimia nervosa, they do not know what causes the disorder.

One subtype of anorexia nervosa is the ______ type.

Gwen eats huge amounts of food in a single sitting, then vomits and uses laxatives to purge the excess food. Gwen appears to suffer from ______.

Cognitive behavioral therapy for bulimia nervosa does NOT include a ______ phase.

The ______ gene hypothesis proposes that our genetic makeup developed during times when food was difficult to find.