Females are ____ more likely to develop anorexia nervosa than are males.

Females are ____ more likely to develop anorexia nervosa than are males.
 
  A) 3 times
   B) 5 times
   C) 6 times
   D) 9 times

Question 2

Explain how developmental maturity has an impact on psychological disorders.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 3

Explain how development and maturity influence our perceptions of the normality of a given behavior.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 4

Although rare before adulthood, somatic symptom disorders
 
  A) are very prevalent in old age.
   B) are evaluated in children using different DSM criteria.
   C) are found to be more severe among adolescents and children.
   D) have the same diagnostic criteria in children, adolescents, and adults.

Question 5

Which theoretical construct provided the bases for the name conversion disorder?
 
  A) humanistic
   B) behavioral
   C) psychodynamic
   D) existential

Question 6

Research indicates that serotonin is important in anxiety disorders. Partial evidence for this is found in biochemical challenge studies in which
 
  A) participants' serotonin levels are manipulated and their anxiety levels monitored.
   B) serotonin levels are monitored to examine how decreased levels are related to decreased anxiety.
   C) patients with anxiety disorders are studied by examining their lack of ability to produce serotonin in response to a threat.
   D) participants with anxiety disorders are presented with feared objects and their serotonin levels monitored.

Question 7

Psychologists using psychological challenge studies examine brain functioning through PET scans of people affected by a disorder and of those not affected by it. For obsessive-compulsive disorder studies, this technique would
 
  A) question participants in order to activate certain portions of the brain.
   B) measure differences in response times for object recognition.
   C) present subjects with contaminated objects and note differences in brain activity.
   D) engage participants in storytelling in order to identify underactivated brain areas.

Question 8

There is controversy in the research concerning the incidence of anorexia nervosa in our country; some studies report stable rates, while others report an increase. This discrepancy may be explained by the way in which studies were conducted or
 
  A) attrition rates in studies.
   B) the fact that many people never seek treatment.
   C) improvements in screening tools for the disorder.
   D) the underestimate of males having the disorder.