In keeping with the phenomenon of activity anorexia, if Bob suddenly increases the number of miles he runs per day, he is likely to experience:
A) a decrease in food intake.
B) a decrease in water intake.
C) an increase in food intake.
D) a strong urge to use depressants.
Question 2Similarities between humans with anorexia nervosa and rats with activity anorexia include the fact that:
A) both remain interested in food.
B) both undertake low levels of activity.
C) Both a and b are correct.
D) Neither a nor b is correct.
Question 3Which of the following is a similarity between anorexic rats and anorexic humans?
A) Both undertake or are made to undertake extremely high levels of activity.
B) Both engage in frequent binge eating followed by vomiting.
C) Both exhibit a lack of interest in food.
D) Both b and c are correct.
Question 4Similarities between activity anorexia in rats and anorexia nervosa in humans include the fact that:
A) high activity levels first need to be explicitly reinforced.
B) it occurs more readily in adolescent individuals and rats than older individuals and rats.
C) both rats and humans become quite uninterested in food.
D) All of these are correct.
Question 5Variables involved in the creation of activity anorexia include:
A) access to food for a limited amount of time each day.
B) access to an insufficient amount of food to maintain body weight.
C) few opportunities to exercise.
D) All of these are correct.
Question 6Which of the following is true of the activity anorexia cycle?
A) When activity increases, food intake increases.
B) When food intake increases, activity increases.
C) Both a and b are correct.
D) Neither a nor b is correct.
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