The mindset of people with bulimia and people with anorexia
a. is basically the same.
b. is very different - people with anorexia eventually become satisfied with their weight loss and people with bulimia never do.
c. is very different - people with bulimia don't seem bothered by other people's opinion (usually distress) about them and people with anorexia are very concerned and will do their best to hide their disorder.
d. is very different - people with anorexia don't seem bothered by other people's opinion (usually distress) about them and people with bulimia are very concerned and will do their best to hide their disorder.
Question 2How do you distinguish between the binge-eating/purging type of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, purging type?
a. The bulimic type involves throwing up, and the anorexic type involves fasting.
b. Altered eating and exercise habits result in missed periods in the bulimic type only.
c. The bulimic type results in more severe health consequences than the anorexic type.
d. People with the bulimic type are normal weight, people with the anorexic type are underweight.
Question 3Which disorder would include intentionally taking drugs in order to stimulate various real illnesses?
a. Munchausen's syndrome
b. malingering
c. dissociative identity disorder
d. somatization disorder
Question 4Elena binges on high calorie foods and then makes herself throw up. She feels terribly ashamed and horrified by what she does. You would predict
a. she will stop making herself throw up because she is ashamed and distressed.
b. she will not stop because her vomiting is reinforced by reducing her fear of gaining weight.
c. she will stop because her vomiting is being punished by the feelings of disgust and shame.
d. she will not stop because she has become physiologically addicted to vomiting.
Question 5Which of the following is a controversial aspect of the diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa?
a. refusal to maintain normal body weight
b. distorted perception of body size and shape
c. amenorrhea
d. denial
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