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Chapter 10
Eating Disorders
Question type: True/False
1) Eating disorders only came into existence in 1980.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Eating Disorders

Difficulty: Easy
2) Binge eating disorder is more common in men than women.
Answer: False

Difficulty: Easy
3) Eating disorder, not otherwise specified, is the most common diagnosis of eating disorder.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Clinical Description

Difficulty: Easy
4) Night eating syndrome is a type of purging disorder.
Answer: False

Difficulty: Medium
5) Anorexia means loss of appetite; however people with anorexia nervosa tend to be preoccupied with
food.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Anorexia Nervosa

Difficulty: Medium
6) To be diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, a postmenarcheal female must experience amenorrhea.
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Answer: False

Difficulty: Easy
7) Anorexia nervosa can cause death.
Answer: True

Difficulty: Easy
8) Bingeing and purging is an effective way to lose weight.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Bulimia Nervosa

Difficulty: Medium
9) People with bulimia nervosa often feel ashamed following a binge.
Answer: True

Difficulty: Easy
10) Bulimia nervosa and depression are often comorbid.
Answer: True

Difficulty: Easy
11) Binge eating disorders is essentially bulimia without purging.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Binge Eating Disorder

Difficulty: Easy
12) Binge eating disorder is more responsive to treatment than anorexia or bulimia.
Answer: True

Difficulty: Medium
13) Monozygotic twins are more likely to both have anorexia or bulimia than dizygotic twins.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Biological Factors

Difficulty: Medium
14) The hippocampus is thought to play a role in the development and maintenance of eating disorders.
Answer: False

Difficulty: Medium
15) The release of opioids during starvation and exercise reinforce those behaviours.
Answer: True

Difficulty: Easy
16) Opioid levels are thought to be high in people with bulimia nervosa.
Answer: False

Difficulty: Easy
17) Serotonin is implicated in anorexia nervosa.
Answer: False

Difficulty: Medium
18) Female characters in video games are portrayed more realistically than in magazines.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Socio-Cultural Variables

Difficulty: Medium
19) A blind woman became bulimic based on the unrealistic physical dimensions of the Barbie doll.
Answer: True

Difficulty: Medium
20) Activity anorexia is when a person exercise to excess to lose weight.
Answer: False

Difficulty: Medium
21) Viewing images of idealized female bodies can make chronic dieters feel thinner.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Cognitive-Behavioural Views

Difficulty: Medium
22) Viewing images of idealized female bodies can women dissatisfied with their bodies.
Answer: True

Difficulty: Medium
23) Eating disorders may be an attempt to seem more adult.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Psychodynamic Views

Difficulty: Medium
24) According to Minuchin’s model, enmeshment is the key factor in the development of eating
disorders.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Family Systems Theory

Difficulty: Medium
25) People with eating disorders tend to be low on measures of perfectionism.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Personality and Eating Disorders

Difficulty: Easy
26) Hospitalization is often the first step in treating bulimia nervosa.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Treatment of Eating Disorders

Difficulty: Easy
27) Antidepressants are the most effective medication for both anorexia and bulimia.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Biological Treatments

Difficulty: Easy
28) Therapy is most effective for anorexia when it is delivered within the first few years of symptoms.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Psychological Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa

Difficulty: Medium
29) Cognitive-behavioural treatment is the “gold standard” for treating bulimia nervosa.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Psychological Treatment of Bulimia Nervosa

Difficulty: Easy
30) Interpersonal therapy is effective for bulimia because it forces the patient to examine the reasons
behind her binge and purge behaviour.
Answer: False

Difficulty: Medium
Question Type: Multiple Choice
31) A new diagnosis among eating disorders in the DSM-5 is
a) Bulimarexia.
b) Binge eating disorder.
c) Dysmorphia disorder.
d) None of the above choices are correct.
Answer: b

Difficulty: Easy
32) In Canada, the one-year prevalence rates for eating disorders in women and men (age 15 and older)
are respectively:
a) 0.5%; 0.1%
b) 0.6%; 0.2%
c) 0.8%; 0.2%
d) 0.9%; 0.3%
Answer: c

Difficulty: Medium
33) In Canada, the one-year prevalence rate for eating disorders in women ages 15 to 24 is:
a) 0.5%
b) 0.6%
c) 0.9%
d) 1.5%
Answer: d

Difficulty: Medium
34) In the U.S., the lifetime prevalence rates for anorexia nervosa in women and men are, respectively:
a) 0.5%; 0.1%
b) 0.6%; 0.2%
c) 0.8%; 0.2%
d) 0.9%; 0.3%
Answer: d

Difficulty: Medium
35) In the DSM-5, eating disorders are listed in the diagnostic category:
a) Disorders beginning in childhood or adolescence.

b) Somatization disorders.
c) Psychological factors affecting medical condition.
d) None of the above; they have their own separate diagnostic category.
Answer: d

Difficulty: Medium
36) Hospitalization rates for eating disorders are highest among women aged
a) 10-14
b) 15-24
c) 20-24
d) 25-34
Answer: b

Difficulty: Easy
37) Which eating disorder has the highest overall lifetime prevalence rate?
a) Anorexia nervosa
b) Bulimia nervosa
c) Binge eating disorder
d) Purging disorder
Answer: c

Difficulty: Difficult
38) While eating disorders typically appear in adolescence, there is a new trend towards hospitalizing
people aged ______ for eating disorders.
a) 5-12
b) 25-35
c) 40-50
d) 55+
Answer: A

Difficulty: Easy
39) When was the diagnosis of binge eating disorder first introduced into the DSM?
a) DSM-III
b) DSM-IV
c) DSM-IV-TR
d) DSM-5
Answer: d

Difficulty: Medium
40) Which of the following empirical studies most accurately describes the prevalence rates of eating
disorders?
a) A recent community study in Italy found lifetime prevalence rates of 3.5%

b) A twin study in Sweden estimated prevalence rates to be 4.1%
c) Statistics Canada's 2002 Mental Health and Well-being Survey found that 5.3% of Canadians 15 years
of age or older had been diagnosed with an eating disorder in the preceding 12 months
d) CCHS determined that 1.5% of young women aged 15-24 reported having an eating disorder
Answer: d

41) Which of the eating disorders is the most diagnosed?
a) Anorexia nervosa
b) Bulimia nervosa
d) Eating disorder not otherwise specified
Answer: d

Difficulty: Medium
42) Eating disorder not otherwise specified is diagnosed at which rates?

a) Between 10% and 30%
b) Between 20% and 40%
c) Between 40% and 60%
d) Between 40% and 70%
Answer: d

Difficulty: Medium
43) Keel et al. (2005, 2007) have proposed the following name for a new eating disorder:
a) Bulimia not otherwise specified

b) Eating-purging disorder
c) Purging disorder
d) Anorexia-bulimia nervosa
Answer: c

Difficulty: Medium
44) Which of the following disorders is in the DSM-5 category of “other specified feeding or eating
disorder.”?
a) Pica
b) Night eating syndrome
c) Rumination disorder
d) Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
45) Sally has been diagnosed with purging disorder. Which of the following activities would she be most
likely to engage in?
a) Gambling
b) Reading a book
c) Making a shopping list
d) Regularly attending class
Answer: a

46) Anorexia nervosa in males:
a) Is almost nonexistent.
b) Is related to less family conflict than in females.
c) Is less likely to be fatal than in females.
d) Is quite similar to that in females.
Answer: d

Difficulty: Medium
47) Individuals with anorexia nervosa
a) Stop eating because of an abnormal increase in blood sugar, which alters their perceptions of hunger.
b) Fear gaining weight so much that they stop eating.
c) Have lost their appetite, leading them to stop eating.
d) Stop eating but do not lose weight.
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
48) A physiological effect of anorexia nervosa is:
a) Hirsutism (growing heavier, darker hair)

b) Amenorrhea (loss or irregularity of menstrual period)
c) High blood pressure

d) all of the above
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
49) In the DSM-5 one current criterion for anorexia nervosa was dropped. Which of the following was
dropped?
a) Amenorrhea
b) Purging
c) Extreme fear of gaining weight
d) Undue influence of body weight on self-evaluation
Answer: a

Difficulty: Medium
50) Lynette stopped eating meals over two months ago. Now, she eats very little, and only when under
some family pressure. She has lost over 22 pounds, and is now about 15% below normal body weight for
her height. She probably:
a) Has anorexia nervosa

b) Has eating disorder, not otherwise specified
c) Has bulimia nervosa.
d) Is also abusing illicit drugs.
Answer: a

Difficulty: Medium
51) A result of distorted body image in anorexics can be observed by
a) Excessive preoccupation with makeup.

b) Critical evaluation of body areas such as stomach and buttocks.
c) Frequent questioning of others regarding their appearance.
d) Checking behaviours designed to ensure that their stomach and buttocks appear smaller than in
reality.
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
52) The symptom of amenorrhea in eating disorders
a) Can persist after weight gain.

b) Rarely occurs.
c) If present, always has an onset after weight loss.
d) Is the most important criterion for diagnosing eating disorder.
Answer: a

Difficulty: Medium
53) Anorexia refers to ________ aspects of the disorder and Nervosa refers to ________ aspects
a) psychological, physiological
b) physiological, cognitive
c) cognitive, psychological
d) physiological, emotional
Answer: d

54) Sybil is a teenager who weighs 100 pounds and has an intense fear of gaining weight, even though
girls her age and height should weigh around 110 pounds. She diets and exercises frequently, and has
purged after eating by using laxatives. She has not menstruated in the past three months. Sybil is likely
suffering from:
a) Anorexia nervosa, restricting type

b) Anorexia nervosa, binging-purging type
c) Bulimia nervosa, purging type
d) A diagnosis cannot be made because the criteria have not been satisfied
Answer: d

55) Assessments of body shapes reveal that women with distorted attitudes toward eating, relative to
those with normal attitudes toward eating:
a) Overestimate their current body size

b) Choose a much thinner body image as ideal
c) Have comparable views about which body image choice is most attractive
d) All of the above
Answer: d

Difficulty: Medium
56) What has Canadian researcher Lambe (1997) determined about decreases in brain size among
anorexics?
a) They are not as pronounced as once thought.

b) While white matter is restored upon recovery, grey matter losses are permanent.
c) Grey matter volume is restored but white matter deficits remain after recovery.
d) Both grey and white matter losses appear irreversible.
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
57) A recent analysis of the Canadian Community Health Survey conducted by Gadalla (2008) revealed
the following regarding eating disorders:
a) Both men and women who are at risk for eating disorders were also prone to depression, panic
disorder, and social phobia.
b) Women who are at risk for eating disorders were also prone to depression, panic disorder, and social
phobia.
c) Only young women (ages 15 to 24) who are at risk for eating disorders were also prone to depression,
panic disorder, and social phobia.
d) Men who are at risk for eating disorders were also prone to depression, panic disorder, and social
phobia.
Answer: a

Difficulty: Medium
58) Regina visits her general practitioner medical doctor. Her weight is 90 pounds although she believes
she is overweight. She 'snacks' on laxatives, and restricts her eating to one small meal a day, after which
she exercises for two hours. Her physical exam is likely to reveal that she has
a) lowered heart rate and blood pressure.

b) calcium deposits.
c) improved muscle tone.
d) fibroid tumours.
Answer: a

59) A client who says “I get confused about what I’m feeling” would be expected to score high on which
subscales of the Eating Disorder Inventory?
a) Ineffectiveness
b) Interpersonal distrust
c) Interoceptive awareness
d) Perfectionism
Answer: c

Difficulty: Medium
60) Recent studies (Calero-Elvira et al., 2009; Gadalla & Piran, 2007) have shown that eating disorders
are linked with illicit drug use. Which are those eating disorders?
a) Anorexia nervosa
b) Bulimia nervosa
c) Bingeing and dieting cycle
d) B and C only
Answer: d

Difficulty: Medium
61) Canadian researchers Lambe and associates found in a recent study of participants with anorexia
nervosa that _________ were restored after recover although ________ were not.
a) white-matter volumes; grey-matter volumes

b) grey-matter volumes; white-matter volumes
c) both white- and grey-matter volumes were restored
d) neither white- nor grey-matter volumes were restored
Answer: a

62) As documented in Canadian studies of trends in eating disorders (e.g., Courbasson et al., 2005),
there is growing concern about the increasing rate of co-occurring eating disorders and _________.
a) mood disorders
b) phobias
c) obsessive-compulsive disorder
d) substance-related disorders
Answer: d

Difficulty: Medium
63) Which of the following items would be found on the “Ineffectiveness” subscale of the Eating
Disorders Inventory?
a) I think that my thighs are too large

b) I am preoccupied with the desire to be thinner
c) I have trouble expressing my emotions to others
d) I feel empty inside, emotionally
Answer: d

Difficulty: Medium
64) According to a study from St. Paul's Hospital in British Columbia, the mortality rate for anorexia was
very high with ____________ being the leading cause of death.
a) suicide
b) cardiac-arrest
c) hypoglycemia
d) liver disease
Answer: a

Difficulty: Medium
65) Death rates for anorexics are ________ than those for the general population.
a) 2 times greater
b) 4 times greater
c) 6 times greater
d) 10 times greater
Answer: d

Difficulty: Medium
66) Cynthia has been engaging in anorexic behaviours for years. At 5’3, her highest weight was 140
pounds; she currently weighs 96 pounds. As her weight has continued to drop, Cynthia has experienced
a boost in her:
a) Mood
b) Ability to sleep
c) Self-esteem
d) Metabolism
Answer: c

Difficulty: Medium
67) The most common self-injury behaviours in a Canadian youth study by Nixon et al. (2008) were:
a) Cutting
b) Scratching
c) Self-hitting
d) All of the above
Answer: d
Section Reference: Focus on Discovery 10.1

Difficulty: Medium
68) A Canadian study (Goldstein et al., 2009) of first-year students showed that _____ had engaged in at
least one act of intentional self-harm.
a) 1/4
b) 2/7
c) 2/9
d) 3/10
Answer: d

Difficulty: Medium
69) Self-harm among young women is associated with:
a) Abusive parents
b) Sexual abuse
c) Bodily shame
d) University stress
Answer: c

Difficulty: Medium
70) Self-harm is associated with eating disorders and is more common in people with:
a) High levels of impulsivity

b) Low levels of stress
c) High pain tolerance
d) Low pain tolerance
Answer: a

Difficulty: Medium
71) According to Garfinkel's analysis of bulimia nervosa, ________ is the essential diagnostic criterion
and represents the core psychopathology of bulimia nervosa.
a) a negative self-image
b) a morbid fear of fat
c) a disconnection between the brain and the rest of the body
d) binge eating
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
72) The DSM-5 categorizes bulimia nervosa as
a) an organic mental disorder.

b) psychological factors affecting a medical condition.

c) a subtype of anorexia nervosa.
d) an eating disorder separate from anorexia nervosa.
Answer: d

Difficulty: Medium
73) What diagnosis is most appropriate for Kristi? Her weight is stable but she reports that, several times
a week, she "loses control" and "stuffs her face" eating lots of cookies and ice cream, then throws up by
tickling her throat.
a) Anorexia nervosa
b) Bulimia nervosa
d) She would not be diagnosed because her weight is stable
Answer: b

74) Prior to the onset of bulimia, sufferers often
a) have anorexia nervosa.

b) are overweight and dieting.
c) have attempted suicide.
d) have higher than normal levels of serotonin.
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
75) Steiger and colleagues found that ______________ have higher levels of interpersonal sensitivity
and criticize themselves after negative social interactions.
a) depressives
b) bulimics
c) anorexics
d) body dysmorphic patients
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
76) Steiger and colleagues found that binge episodes in bulimics tended to be preceded by poorer than
average:
a) Social experiences
b) Self-concepts
c) Moods
d) All of the above
Answer: d

Difficulty: Medium
77) Epidemiological research conducted in Canada suggests that bingeing behaviour is best
characterized as being:
a) Categorical
b) Along a continuum
c) Discrete
d) According to a cut-off point of two episodes a week
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
78) Bulimia is a Greek word meaning
a) ox hunger.
b) morbid hunger.
c) rabid hunger.
d) excessive hunger.
Answer: a

Difficulty: Easy
79) The term “bulimia” means:
a) Cow-like hunger
b) Ox-like hunger
c) Elephant-like hunger
d) Lion-like hunger
Answer: b

Difficulty: Easy
80) The DSM defines a binge as an excessive amount of food being eaten over:
a) 1 hour
b) 2 hours
c) 4 hours
d) 24 hours
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
81) Which of the following statements about bulimia nervosa is not true?
a) Bulimia nervosa has a demonstrated genetic component.

b) Suicide rates among bulimics are higher than among the general population.
c) Mortality is more common among bulimics than anorexics.
d) More people with anorexia develop bulimia than people with bulimia developing anorexia
Answer: c

Difficulty: Medium
82) Which of the following empirical studies describes the prevalence rates of bulimia nervosa?
a) About 60% of bulimia nervosa cases are women

b) Canadian studies show that bulimia nervosa is ten times more prevalent than anorexia nervosa
c) A British Columbia study found that by the age of 18, 97% of females would like to weigh less
d) An Ontario study found that 27% of girls aged 12-18 had disordered-eating attitudes and behaviours
Answer: d

83) Research conducted in Canadian schools suggests which of the following eating disorders is most
common among adolescents?
a) Anorexia nervosa
b) Bulimia nervosa
c) Obese binge eating
d) Elimination disorder
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
84) During binge episodes, many bulimics
a) feel a great sense of control.

b) experience a feeling of being out of control.
c) feel satisfied.
d) None of the above choices are correct.
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
85) Delilah is quite emaciated and demonstrates over concern about her appearance. Despite her
anorexic status, she also binges and purges in an effort to lose even more weight. What is the most
appropriate diagnosis for her?
a) Anorexia nervosa, binge eating-purging type

b) Anoerxia nervosa, restricting type
c) Bulimia nervosa
d) Both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Answer: a

Difficulty: Medium
86) A group of teenage girls are overheard talking about their bodies. Each of them makes disparaging
statements, like “I’m so fat,” “I’m as big as a cow,” and “my body is so huge.” To an outside observer, all
of the girls appear to be normal weight. This type of talk is called:
a) Thinspiration
b) Body sabotage
c) Fat talk
d) Normal teenage girl conversation
Answer: c

Difficulty: Medium
87) When someone with one eating disorder develops a second, this is called:
a) Comorbidity
b) Diagnostic crossover
c) Faulty diagnosis
d) Complicated eating disorder
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
88) Research has found that university students are not surprised when a person engages in negative (as
opposed to positive) body talk. This suggests that:
a) University students are cynical

b) University students have low self-esteem
c) Fat talk has become normalized
d) People are realistic – we are more likely to complain about our bodies than embrace them
Answer: c
Section Reference: Student Perspectives 10.1

89) When normal and overweight targets engage in fat talk, they are seen as:
a) Having a pity party

b) More likeable
c) Less likeable
d) Having poor body image
Answer: a

Difficulty: Medium
90) Fat talk and body mass index (BMI) are related in that:
a) As BMI increases, so does fat talk

b) As BMI decreases, so does fat talk
c) As BMI increases, fat talk decreases
d) There is no relationship between BMI and fat talk
Answer: d

Difficulty: Medium
91) One key factor related to fat talk is:
a) Being overweight
b) Social comparison
c) Having overweight friends
d) Having few friends
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
92) In what way is the diagnostic classification of binge eating disorder (BEd) differentiated from other
eating disorders?
a) BED diagnosis requires the person to show significant weight loss despite episodes of binge-eating,
which differentiates it from normal over-eating.
b) BED diagnosis requires at least two purges per week, which differentiates it from anorexia-nervosa
binge eating-purging type.
c) BED diagnosis requires restrictive behaviours for at least 6 months, which differentiates it from
bulimia nervosa.
d) BED diagnosis requires an absence of compensatory behaviours (purging, fasting, excessive exercise),
which differentiates it from bulimia nervosa.
Answer: d

Difficulty: Medium
93) Beatrice has lost control of her eating. She gorges on huge amounts of high fat fast foods, eating as
much as 2000 calories in 30 minutes. She is gaining weight rapidly, and weighs over 170 pounds. Which
disorder fits Beatrice's symptoms best?
a) Binge eating disorder

b) Anorexia nervosa
c) Obesity
d) Bulimia nervosa
Answer: a

Difficulty: Medium
94) Which of the following is defined, in part, by the absence of purging?
a) Anorexia nervosa
b) Bulimia nervosa
d) Purging always occurs in each of these conditions.
Answer: c

Difficulty: Medium
95) Which eating disorder is most responsive to treatment?
a) Anorexia nervosa
b) Binge eating disorder
c) Bulimia nervosa
d) Eating disorder, not otherwise specified
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
96) The following biological factors have been identified as direct risk factors (as compared to
generalized risk factors) for eating disorders:
a) Temperament
b) Impulsivity
c) Neurobiology
d) Energy metabolism
Answer: d
Section Reference: Etiology of Eating Disorders

Difficulty: Medium
97) The following psychological factors have been identified as direct risk factors (as compared to
a) Maladaptive eating attitudes

b) Poor self-image
c) Self-regulation problems
d) Overprotection
Answer: a

Difficulty: Medium
98) The following psychological factors have been identified as generalized risk factors (as compared to
direct risk factors) for eating disorders:
a) Specific values or meanings assigned to food, body

b) Poor self-image
c) Overvaluation of appearance
d) Poor body image
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
99) The following social factors have been identified as direct risk factors (as compared to generalized
risk factors) for eating disorders:
a) Social isolation
b) Aversive peer experiences
c) Body-related teasing
d) Family dysfunction
Answer: c

Difficulty: Medium
100) The following development factors have been identified as direct risk factors (as compared to
a) Sexual abuse
b) Aversive mealtime experiences
c) Family dysfunction
d) Felt rejection and criticism
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
101) Famous Russian ballerina Anastasia Volochkova is best known for:
a) Dying from anorexia

b) Losing her job for being too heavy
c) Altering her appearance to hide the fact that, genetically, she is a man
d) Staging a hunger strike to draw international attention to the ravages of anorexia
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
102) According to a recent study from Sweden (e.g., Bulik et al., 2006), heritability estimates of eating
disorders are
a) 3%
b) 17%
c) 56%
d) 92%
Answer: c

Difficulty: Medium
103) _________, a hormone regulated by the hypothalamus, is abnormal in patients with anorexia
a) Dopamine
b) Cortisol
c) Aldosterone
d) Testosterone
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
104) Endogenous opioids, which are commonly released in patients with eating disorders, are associated
with
a) depressed moods.
b) obsessive thoughts.
c) suppressed appetite.
d) increased pain sensitivity.
Answer: c

Difficulty: Easy
105) Bencherif and colleagues (2005) used brain MRI to study hormone secretion in eating disordered
patients. They found that:
a) Patients with bulimia have high levels of endogenous opioid beta-endorphin.

b) Patients with bulimia have high levels of aldosterone alpha-endorphin.
c) Patients with bulimia have increased chorionic gonadotropin, indicating that thyroxine could not bind
to the transmembrane G-protein-coupled receptors.
d) Patients with bulimia have decreased regional mu-opioid receptor binding in the insular cortex.
Answer: d

106) If your sister has anorexia nervosa and you are female,
a) you are four times more likely to have anorexia nervosa.

b) your mother is likely alcoholic.
c) you are five times more likely to have bulimia nervosa.
d) there is no greater risk to you for developing an eating disorder.
Answer: a

Difficulty: Medium
107) Which brain structure has been hypothesized to play a role in eating disorders?
a) Frontal lobe
b) Hippocampus
c) Hypothalamus
d) Pituitary gland
Answer: c

108) Research regarding the role of the hypothalamus in anorexia nervosa indicates that
a) the hypothalamus is damaged in most individuals with anorexia.

b) hypothalamus dysfunction is the most likely explanation for the fact that people with anorexia do not
experience hunger.
c) the hypothalamus appears to be overactive in people with anorexia, leading to binge eating.
d) dysfunction in the hypothalamus does not seem to be an important factor in anorexia.
Answer: d

109) Although the hypothalamus has been considered a part of the biological etiology of anorexia, a
limitation of this account is
a) It fails to account for purging episodes.

b) There is no accounting for the fear of becoming fat.
c) It lacks an adaptive feature.
d) The lack of attention paid to neurotransmitter systems known to be dysfunctional in anorexia.
Answer: b

110) In eating disorders, endogenous opioids have been identified by Luby and Koval (2009) as being:
a) Present at low levels, leading to a euphoric state.

b) Powerfully reinforcing.
c) Released by purging, leading to euphoria.
d) Decreased by bingeing, leading to euphoria.
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
111) Which of the following brain mechanisms has been implicated in anorexia?
a) Starvation releases natural pain-reducing opioids producing a high which reinforces not eating.
b) With puberty, female hormones increase dramatically and damage centers which control eating in
the thalamus and pituitary.
c) Excessive exercise depletes the brain of neurotransmitters utilized by areas that regulate hunger or
satiation.
d) Stress-released hormones reduce the sensitivity of receptors that detect blood-sugar levels and
release hormones that induce hunger.
Answer: a

112) Which two behaviours characteristic of eating disorders have been identified as reinforcing as they
trigger the release of opioids in the brain?
a) Starvation and excessive exercise

b) Starvation and purging
c) Purging and excessive exercise
d) Excessive exercise and planning meals for others
Answer: a

Difficulty: Medium
113) The neurotransmitter most closely associated with eating disorders is
a) Epinephrine.
b) Dopamine.
c) Opioid.
d) Serotonin.
Answer: d

114) Steiger et al (2005) found that serotonin metabolites were linked with ____________ in patients
with bulimia.
a) a desire for compensatory behaviours

b) a delusional body image
c) negative mood
d) a genetic predisposition toward obesity
Answer: c

115) What phenomenon do Pliner and Chaiken refer to as the “Scarlett O’Hara Effect”?
a) The increased tendency for binge-purge behaviours in recent years

b) Eating lightly to project femininity
c) Mood disturbances and affective lability associated with eating disorders
d) Modelling of unrealistic beauty ideals
Answer: b
Section Reference: Socio-Cultural Factors

Difficulty: Medium
116) The incidence of eating disorders has been rising steadily since the 1950s. This provides the best
evidence for the ____________ theory of eating disorder.
a) biological
b) sociocultural
c) psychodynamic
d) family systems
Answer: b

Difficulty: Easy
117) What is the current prevalence of obesity in North America?
a) Between 10 and 20%.

b) Between 20 and 30%.
c) Between 30 and 35%.
d) Between 35 and 40%.
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
118) Since the 1900s what has happened to prevalence of obesity in North America?
a) It has increased by 20%.

b) It has increased by 35%.
c) It has increased by 50%
d) It has increased by 100%.
Answer: d

Difficulty: Medium
119) Canadian researchers Pliner and Chaiken have coined the term “Scarlett O'Hara effect” which
refers to:
a) Avoiding exercise to project an image of femininity

b) Eating lightly to project an image of femininity
c) Purging to maintain an image of femininity
d) Dieting to project an image of femininity
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
120) According to the World Health Organization's 2002 Health Behaviour in School Aged Children
(HBSc) Canadian survey, by grade 10, ___ of young women thought they were too fat.
a) 44%
b) 66%
c) 75%
d) 96%
Answer: a

Difficulty: Medium
121) According to the 2002 HBSC Canadian survey, by grades 9 and 10, over ____ of young women in
Canada were on a diet.
a) 25%
b) 50%
c) 75%
d) 90%
Answer: a

Difficulty: Medium
122) A study of media effects on 12 year olds in Western Canada (Vaughan & Fouts, 2003) found that
increases in eating disorder symptoms were associated with:
a) Increasing television exposure for all shows

b) Increasing television watching but only for situational-comedies
c) Increasing exposure to fashion magazines
d) Increasing exposure to newspaper advice columns
Answer: c

Difficulty: Medium
123) A study by McVey of 2,000 girls in Ontario between the ages of 10-14 years found that maladaptive
eating attitudes, suggesting proneness to an eating disorder, were found in:
a) 1 in 50
b) 1 in 20
c) 1 in 10
d) 1 in 5
Answer: c

124) Epling and Pierce from the University of Alberta suggest that some people become anorexic
because of an excessive:
a) Pursuit of thinness
b) Pursuit of love
c) Pursuit of fitness
d) Pursuit of increase self-worth
Answer: c

Difficulty: Medium
125) Activity anorexia is accounted by: 1) food deprivation which _________ the reinforcement
effectiveness of physical activity and 2) physical activity which ___________ the reinforcement
effectiveness of food.
a) increases; decreases
b) decreases; increases
c) increases; increases
d) decreases; decreases
Answer: a

Difficulty: Easy
126) University of Alberta researchers Epling and Pierce (1992) coined the term “Activity Anorexia” to
explain
a) loss of appetite during exercise.

b) use of excessive exercise as a substitute for extreme dieting or purging.
c) amenorrhea among compulsive exercisers.
d) the preoccupation with thinness among elite athletes.
Answer: a

Difficulty: Medium
127) University of British Columbia researchers Pinel et al (2000) postulate that the main difference
between starving individuals and those with anorexia is
a) Neurochemical imbalances in the brain.

b) Lack of positive incentive value for eating.
c) Absence of great interest in food.
d) Anorexics increase their activity in response to starvation whereas starving individuals decrease their
activity.
Answer: b

128) The way men’s bodies are portrayed in the media suggests that men should have a lean and
muscular body. This is creating:
a) Increased emphasis on health and wellness for men

b) Similar rates of eating disorders for men and women
c) Similar types of pressure and body dissatisfaction for men as for women
d) Metrosexual men
Answer: c

Difficulty: Medium
129) A case study in your text referred to a blind woman with bulimia, who stated that her desire to
become thinner stemmed from:
a) Overhearing her peers talking about her appearance

b) Her physician suggesting that she lose weight
c) Unrealistic standards of beauty portrayed in magazines
d) Her Barbie doll
Answer: d

Difficulty: Easy
130) Alana is in 10th grade. She considers herself to be too fat, making her one of ____ 10th grade girls
who think that about themselves.
a) 24%
b) 34%
c) 44%
d) 54%
Answer: c

Difficulty: Medium
131) Alan is in 10th grade. He considers himself to be too fat, making him one of _____ 10th grade boys
who think that about themselves.
a) 10%
b) 20%
c) 30%
d) 40%
Answer: b

132) Julie is a 14 year old girl. She is surfing the internet and discovers a “pro-ana” site. What will she
most likely find there?
a) Information about the dangers of eating disorders

b) Information about balanced eating
c) Information about the importance of thinness
d) Information about how to encourage someone else to become anorexic
Answer: c

Difficulty: Medium
133) Women are more likely than men to develop eating disorders because:
a) Women are valued more for their accomplishments; men are valued more for their appearance
b) Men are valued more for their accomplishments; women are valued more for their appearance
c) Both genders are equally valued for their accomplishments and appearances, but women put more
emphasis on self-appearance
d) None of the above
Answer: b
Section Reference: Gender Influences

Difficulty: Easy
134) Muscle dysmorphia is:
a) Fear of being overly muscular

b) A genetic disorder
c) An obsession about not be as muscular as desired
d) A problem for women
Answer: c
Section Reference: Gender Influences

Difficulty: Easy
135) According to University of Windsor researchers Geller and Thomas (1999), why are immigrants to
Western cultures at increased risk for developing eating disorders?
a) Because of weight gain associated with increased consumption of fast foods

b) Because of marginalization leading to negative affect
c) Because of rapid exposure to cultural pressures
d) Because of low self-esteem relative to native Westerners
Answer: c
Section Reference: Cross-Cultural Studies

Difficulty: Medium
136) Current research (Soh et al., 2009) of differences and similarities in eating disorders prevalence is
showing that:
a) Prevalence rates are similar across cultures

b) Prevalence rates vary between Middle Eastern and Western countries
c) Prevalence rates need to be studied across cultures
d) None of the above
Answer: c

Difficulty: Medium
137) Cultural influences on eating disorders are suggested by the fact that eating disorders are more
common
a) When less emphasis is placed on being thin.

b) Among low socioeconomic groups.
c) Among women who are overweight.
d) In industrialized societies.
Answer: d

Difficulty: Easy
138) Tucker (2004) conducted a study where television (and exposure to body shape ideals via
telephone) was introduced to a rural area of Fiji. This study found that:
a) Native culture was relatively immune to western ideas of body image.

b) Over three years, hours of television viewing increased drastically and significant weight gain was
noted in over half of the participants.
c) Within the first year, almost one-quarter of the participants had developed some form of an eating
disorder.
d) Social learning was evident as the Fijian girls wished to emulate people they had seen on television.
Answer: d

Difficulty: Medium
139) A factor that influences the fear of fat among individuals with anorexia and bulimia is
a) Biochemical dysregulation.
b) Genetic factors.
c) Negative societal stereotypes regarding fat.
d) Largely rational.
Answer: c

Difficulty: Medium
140) The prevalence of eating disorders in non-Western cultures is:
a) Non-existent
b) Similar to rates in Western cultures
c) Higher than in Western cultures
d) Lower than in Western cultures
Answer: d

Difficulty: Easy
141) In the cognitive-behavioural view, the non-eating of anorexics is reinforced by
a) Reducing anxiety about being fat.

b) Reducing sexual demands from males.
c) Attention of overly concerned family members.
d) Increased time and energy for studies.
Answer: a

Difficulty: Medium
142) Positive reinforcement for dieting is sometimes derived from

a) A sense of mastery and control associated with dieting.
b) Reductions in hunger as one loses more weight.
c) Attention from others as more weight is lost.
d) Decreased negative body image associated with lower weight.
Answer: a

Difficulty: Medium
143) According to the “thinspiration effect” described by Mills and colleagues, after looking at idealized
images of thin bodies, chronic dieters:
a) Become dejected and stop dieting

b) Are highly motivated to diet
c) Engage in excessive purging behaviour
d) Become highly competitive in their subsequent interactions with other young women
Answer: b

144) The tendency for watching idealized images of exceptionally lean bodies creates a motivation to
diet is known as:
a) The reflection effect

b) The social learning effect
c) The thinspiration effect
d) The social comparison effect
Answer: c

Difficulty: Medium
145) Canadian researchers Steiger and Israel (1999) suggest that early psychodynamic views of anorexia
nervosa were from a __________ perspective, while more modern psychodynamic models interpret
symptoms from a __________ perspective.
a) conflict; deficit
b) deficit; conflict
c) conflict; defective
d) drive; conflict
Answer: a

Difficulty: Medium
146) Steiger and Israel (1999) agree with early theorist Hilde Bruch (1980) who suggests that anorexics
a) Often have sexual conflicts and this is why they are trying to become thin and childlike.
b) Use dieting as a means of acquiring control and identity in a world where they feel over controlled by
parents.
c) Want to become thin to spite their mothers.
d) Are simply caught up in the societal pursuit of thinness for the sake of perfecting her body to perfect
herself.
Answer: b

147) According to Canadian psychologists Steiger and Israel (1999), psychodynamic models interpreted
symptoms of anorexia from a _________ perspective while contemporary models interpreted
symptoms of anorexia from a _________ perspective.
a) conflict; deficit
b) enmeshment; overprotectiveness
c) deficit; conflict
d) overprotectiveness; enmeshment
Answer: a

Difficulty: Medium
148) Minuchin's focus on dysfunctional states in eating disorders is summarized in his:
a) Family triad theory

b) Family systems theory
c) Family interactions theory
d) Family efficacy theory
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
149) Minuchin has argued that families of children with eating disorders are:
a) Rigid
b) Overprotective
c) Enmeshed
d) All of the above
Answer: d

Difficulty: Medium
150) Minuchin has argued that families of children with eating disorders are:
a) Chaotic
b) Low in conflict resolution
c) Hyper-critical
d) All of the above
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
151) Recent family data on eating disorders are contrary to Minuchin's theory of eating disorders by
suggesting
a) It is difficult to find parental overinvolvement in the families of anorexics.

b) Families of anorexics are not different from non-eating disordered families.
c) Individuals who live alone can develop eating disorders.
d) Eating disorders can arise among individuals with highly changeable family lives (such as multiple
divorces).
Answer: a
Section Reference: Characteristics of Families

152) A weakness of many of the family studies of eating disorders is that:

a) Most rely upon self-report and not direct observation.

b) An inadequate level of attention paid to third variable causes.
c) Limited generalizability given the laboratory nature of the research.
d) An overreliance upon a single theoretical paradigm.
Answer: a

Difficulty: Medium
153) Observing a family, rather than relying on self-report, can highlight the difference between a child’s
_______ and parents’ _________.
a) Imagination; Desire to look good

b) Desire to look good; actual behaviour
c) Perception; actual behaviour
d) Actual behaviour; perception
Answer: c

Difficulty: Medium
154) What percentage of women with eating disorders did Toronto researchers find to have a reported
history of sexual abuse?
a) <10%
b) 25%
c) 35%
d) 50%
Answer: b
Section Reference: Child Abuse and Eating Disorders

Difficulty: Medium
155) According to a study by DeGroot et al. (1992), what percentage of Toronto women with an eating
disorder reported a history of sexual abuse?
a) 5%
b) 15%
c) 25%
d) 45%
Answer: c
Section Reference: Child Abuse and Eating Disorders

Difficulty: Medium
156) Assessment of personality among anorexics reveals that
a) Anorexics are low in neuroticism but high in anxiety.

b) Anorexics and bulimics are high on neuroticism and low in self-esteem.
c) Anorexics are low in self-esteem whereas bulimics are primarily high in neuroticism.
d) Anorexics are high in extraversion and neuroticism.
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
157) Studies of the personality of anorexics indicate that they are generally
a) impulsive, adventurous, outgoing.

b) confused, disoriented, withdrawn.
c) shy, obedient, perfectionistic.
d) warm, sensitive, helpful.
Answer: c

Difficulty: Medium
158) Which of the following dimensions of perfectionism have been found to be related to eating
disorder symptomatology?
a) Doubts about actions

b) Socially prescribed
c) Concern over mistakes
d) All of the above
Answer: d

Difficulty: Medium
159) The way that some individuals (including those with eating disorders) try to minimize making
mistakes in front of other people both in terms of their physical image and in general has been termed
a) concern over mistakes perfectionism.

b) perfectionistic self-presentation.
c) self-image perfectionism.
d) socially-prescribed perfectionism.
Answer: b

160) One significant limitation of the work on perfectionism dimensions in eating disorders is that:
a) The causal role of these dimensions have yet to be firmly established

b) Longitudinal and prospective research on the role of these dimensions in eating disorders must be
conducted
c) Perfectionism needs to be established as a true risk factor for eating disorders
d) A and B only
Answer: d

Difficulty: Medium
161) Several Canadian studies have shown that patients with eating disorders had higher levels of
________________ and ________________ perfectionism relative to established norms for
perfectionism scales.
a) self-oriented; other prescribed

b) self-oriented; socially prescribed
c) other-oriented; socially prescribed
d) none of the above; there were no differences found
Answer: b

162) The three-factor interactive model of bulimia links perfectionism with:
a) Low self-esteem and body dissatisfaction

b) Emotion-focused coping and low social support
c) Life event stress and depression
d) Body dissatisfaction and life event stress
Answer: a

Difficulty: Medium
163) A significant limitation of research on the role of perfectionism in eating disorders is that:
a) Various dimensions of perfectionism have not been explored
b) Perfectionism seems to have an impact only in North American samples
c) The causal role of perfectionism has not been established in longitudinal research
d) The developmental antecedents of perfectionism and not known.
Answer: c

Difficulty: Medium
164) The idea that personality is affected by weight loss was established by research in which men were
semi-starved. It was recently revealed that similar experiments were unethically conducted on:
a) Adolescent girls in Toronto

b) Northern Cree people
c) Psychology students at the University of Guelph
d) All of the above
Answer: b

Difficulty: Easy
165) The first step in treating anorexia nervosa is
a) Medication to reduce anxiety about eating.

b) Education on the importance of a well balanced diet.
c) Hospitalization to promote and monitor eating.
d) Assessment to identify causes and plan individualized treatment.
Answer: c

Difficulty: Medium
166) A problem in treating individuals with anorexia nervosa is:
a) Their lack of hunger, which makes food uninteresting or even nauseating.

b) Their denial of the need for treatment.
c) A general conformity to the expectations of authority figures.
d) Relative indifference to reinforcements that would be rewarding to most people.
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
167) One big challenge for the treatment of eating disorders is:
a) The high cost of inpatient treatment

b) How to balance an adolescent’s treatment with the demands of school
c) The high rate of relapse
d) Determining which medical professional should be delivering treatment
Answer: c

Difficulty: Easy
168) Adelaide, who has bulimia, is being treated solely with Prozac. After treatment, she will most likely
a) relapse.
b) become obese.
c) develop anorexia nervosa.
d) maintain normal eating patterns over the long term.
Answer: a

169) Drug treatment of bulimia nervosa is most significantly limited by
a) the lack of demonstrated effectiveness of the drugs.

b) addiction.
c) dropping out of treatment.
d) the resulting obesity.
Answer: c

Difficulty: Medium
170) Which class of medications are most effective for treating anorexia nervosa?
a) Antidepressants
b) Anxiolytics
c) Antipsychotics
d) None – no medication has been shown to be effective in treating anorexia
Answer: d

Difficulty: Medium
171) Behavioural therapy programs for hospitalized anorexic patients have been shown to
a) result in long-term maintenance of weight gain.

b) help patients gain weight while in the hospital.
c) lead to high drop-out rates.
d) lead to increased marital discord, once the focus of the family shifts off the child with the eating
disorder.
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
172) The Maudsley Approach, a treatment option for eating disorders involves:
a) Group therapy, where patients learn to cook in creative ways, so to increase their interest in food and
nutrition.
b) Family therapy, where the parents learn creative ways to feed their children.
c) Individual therapy, where the issue of self-control is of principle focus.
d) A combination of cognitive-behaviour and operant conditioning approaches, focussing on weight
gain.
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
173) Fairburn's cognitive-behavioural theory of the maintenance of anorexia nervosa has a central
emphasis on:
a) The need for perfection

b) The need for greater self-control
c) The need for emotion regulation
d) The need for greater self-esteem
Answer: b

174) The principal mode of treatment for anorexia nervosa is:
a) Cognitive-behavioural therapy
b) Ego-analytic psychotherapy
c) Family therapy
d) Interpersonal therapy
Answer: c

Difficulty: Medium
175) Pia is a 16 year old girl with anorexia. She has been engaging in anorexic behaviours for two years.
Her therapist is recommending family therapy (as opposed to individual therapy) as the primary form of
treatment. What is Pia’s long-term prognosis?
a) Poor – anorexia has a very high relapse rate

b) Poor – CBT provides more protection against relapse than family therapy
c) Good – family therapy is always the best treatment for adolescents with anorexia
d) Good – family therapy is superior at preventing relapse when a person has had anorexia less than
three years.
Answer: d

Difficulty: Medium
176) The components of the schematic of cognitive-behavioural theory of bulimia nervosa follow this
order:
a) Low self-esteem/high negative affect; dieting to feel better about oneself; very restricted food intake;
diet is broken; binge; compensatory behaviour (vomiting) to reduce fear of weight gain
b) Dieting to feel better about oneself; very restricted food intake; diet is broken; binge; compensatory
behaviour (vomiting) to reduce fear of weight gain; low self-esteem/high negative affect
c) Dieting to feel better about oneself; very restricted food intake; diet is broken; low self-esteem/high
negative affect; binge; compensatory behaviour (vomiting) to reduce fear of weight gain
d) Dieting to feel better about oneself; low self-esteem/high negative affect; very restricted food intake;
diet is broken; binge; compensatory behaviour (vomiting) to reduce fear of weight gain
Answer: a

Difficulty: Medium
177) After successful cognitive-behavioural treatment of bulimia, patients sometimes also
a) become obese.
b) have reduced depression.
c) develop anorexia nervosa.
d) witness marital conflict in their parents.
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
178) In interpersonal psychotherapy for bulimia nervosa, which techniques are used to lessen bulimic
symptoms?
a) Having the patient eat in the presence of the therapist and then helping them to resist vomiting
b) Meeting for a meal with the entire family to observe the parents' efforts to get their child to eat
c) Identifying triggers for bingeing in day-to-day interpersonal interactions
d) None of the above; interpersonal psychotherapy does not directly address bulimic symptoms because
it focuses on interpersonal issues.
Answer: d

Difficulty: Medium
179) Waller and his associates have argued that CBT for bulimia will prove to be more effective if there
is a greater emphasis placed on:
a) Schemas
b) Personality factors
c) Interpersonal stressors
d) Core conflicts
Answer: a

Difficulty: Medium
180) Comparisons indicate that interpersonal therapy, relative to cognitive-behaviour therapy, as a

treatment for bulimia:
a) Is less effective
b) Is as effective and produces results as quickly
c) Is as effective but does not produce results as quickly
d) Is as effective and produces results faster
Answer: c

Difficulty: Medium
181) In a study conducted by Wilson (1995), bulimic patients with ____________ personality disorder
showed the least favourable outcomes.
a) antisocial
b) histrionic
c) narcissistic
d) borderline
Answer: d

Difficulty: Medium
182) Canadian prevention studies have been unique in incorporating:
a) High school and university age students.

b) One-on-one techniques.
c) Nutrition education.
d) Participatory techniques.
Answer: d
Section Reference: Canadian Perspectives 10.1

183) Canadian researcher Piran's (1999) unique ongoing eating disorder intervention study at a Toronto
ballet school has drastically reduced eating disorder attitudes and behaviours. The focus of the program
includes all of the following except
a) focusing on stamina and body conditioning rather than body shape.

b) prohibiting teachers' negative comments about body shape.
c) peer meetings about body shape experiences to minimize teasing.
d) None of the above; all are part of this particular prevention program.
Answer: d

Difficulty: Medium
184) The Piran study which takes place at an internationally acclaimed ballet school in Toronto is
regarded as one of the most innovative and successful eating disorder preventative interventions.
Success is due to the following factors EXCEPT:
a) The study involves attempts to intervene at the systemic level

b) Focuses on short-term evaluation of outcomes
c) Conducted in a high risk-setting
d) There is a participatory focus
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
185) Contemporary reviews on the prevention of eating disorders have found that intervention
programs:
a) Showed better results for programs that targeted high-risk participants.

b) Have consistently shown signs of positive lifestyle attitudinal changes.
c) Have shown dramatic effects for charismatic lecture-style approaches.
d) Produced large net effects in terms of reducing maladaptive eating attitude.
Answer: a

Difficulty: Medium
186) Canadian researchers McVey and Davis (2002) designed a program to reduce the impact of media
portrayals of unrealistic body images. The program is known for:
a) Promoting an innovative dieting approach to eating

b) Combining creative diet and personal trainer regimens that involve the entire family as participants
c) Training adolescents in dealing with peer pressure
d) Teaching stress-management skills and social problem solving strategies
Answer: d

187) The newest approach to the prevention of eating disorders involves:
a) Family counselling
b) Peer support groups
c) Television ads
d) Stress inoculation training
Answer: b

Difficulty: Medium
188) Dissonance interventions are helpful in the prevention of eating disorders. The key element seems
to be:
a) Behavioural exercises critiquing the thin ideal

b) Accepting that excessive thinness is an unattainable standard
c) Expressive writing geared against the internalization and acceptance of the thin ideal
d) Conducting the intervention prior to the age of 12
Answer: c

Difficulty: Medium
Question Type: Essay
189) When using DSM-IV criteria, the most frequently diagnosed eating disorder was eating disorder,
not otherwise specified (EDNOS). How has DSM-5 changed the diagnostic criteria for the eating
disorders as a result?

190) Jana is a fifteen year old girl who weighs slightly below the normal weight for her height. Her
mother has made an appointment with you, a psychologist, because she is concerned about Jana’s
weight. She tells you that Jana is exercising more than usual and always asks if she looks fat. She has
started obsessing about counting calories and reading the nutritional information on food packages.
What two diagnoses would you consider? What other information would you need to make a diagnosis?
Sections: Clinical Description, Anorexia Nervosa, & Bulimia Nervosa

Difficulty: Medium
191) What is binge eating disorder and how is it both similar and different from anorexia nervosa and
bulimia nervosa?

Difficulty: Medium
192) Describe the contributions of genetic and biological theory to our understanding of eating
disorders.

Difficulty: Medium
193) How can the internet play a role in the development and maintenance of eating disorders? Is this
any different than other media sources (e.g., magazines, movies, television)? Explain.

194) Society sends a strong message as to how people should look. What is that message? Is it the same
for men and women? Describe.
Sections: Socio-Cultural Variables & Gender Influences

Difficulty: Medium
195) Families are thought to play a central role in the development and treatment of eating disorders.
What is Minuchin’s family systems theory and how does it impact treatment of eating disorders?

Difficulty: Medium
196) Control is a central feature of eating disorders. How is it different for anorexia and bulimia?

197) What medications are used to treat anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa? How are (or aren’t)
they helpful?

Difficulty: Medium
198) You have been asked to design an eating disorders prevention program for adolescent girls who are
competitive figure skaters. Describe your program and explain why it is likely to help.

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1) Eating disorders only came into existence in 1980.

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2) Binge eating disorder is more common in men than women.

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4) Night eating syndrome is a type of purging disorder.

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6) To be diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, a postmenarcheal female must experience amenorrhea.

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7) Anorexia nervosa can cause death.

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8) Bingeing and purging is an effective way to lose weight.

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9) People with bulimia nervosa often feel ashamed following a binge.

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10) Bulimia nervosa and depression are often comorbid.

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11) Binge eating disorders is essentially bulimia without purging.

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17) Serotonin is implicated in anorexia nervosa.

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Section Reference: Socio-Cultural Variables

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20) Activity anorexia is when a person exercise to excess to lose weight.

Section Reference: Socio-Cultural Variables

Section Reference: Cognitive-Behavioural Views

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23) Eating disorders may be an attempt to seem more adult.

Section Reference: Psychodynamic Views

Section Reference: Family Systems Theory

25) People with eating disorders tend to be low on measures of perfectionism.

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26) Hospitalization is often the first step in treating bulimia nervosa.

Section Reference: Treatment of Eating Disorders

Section Reference: Biological Treatments

Section Reference: Psychological Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa

Section Reference: Psychological Treatment of Bulimia Nervosa

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Question Type: Multiple Choice

31) A new diagnosis among eating disorders in the DSM-5 is

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a) Disorders beginning in childhood or adolescence.

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a) A recent community study in Italy found lifetime prevalence rates of 3.5%