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
Question 2Studies of the immune system suggest that increased stress produces increased negative moods, which results in:
a) Increased sIgA antibodies
b) Decreased sIgA antibodies
c) Decreased risk for infection
d) Increased GABA
Question 3Research by UBC's John Livesley has shown that when people with personality disorders take a general personality disorder test their profile is:
a) Strikingly similar to normal people's profile
b) Vastly different to normal people's profile
c) Similar to normal people's profile but more extreme
d) Different from normal people's profile on neuroticism
Question 4Another method for studying heredity and schizophrenia
a) involves studying the relatives of patients with schizophrenia.
b) examining gross brain dysfunction in schizophrenia.
c) follow twins reared apart longitudinally.
d) All of the above choices are correct.
Question 5According to John Livesley from the University of British Columbia there are three types of life tasks that are important and failure with any one of these tasks warrants a personality disorder diagnosis.
Which of the following is not one of the three tasks?
a) The formation of stable, integrated and coherent representations of self and others
b) The development of the capacity for intimacy and positive affiliation with other people
c) Self-regulatory skills which permits for a balanced approach to cope with the stress of life
d) Functioning adaptively in society by engaging in prosocial and cooperative behaviours
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