Food binges, self-induced vomiting and______abuse characterize bulimia nervosa.

Related Mcqs:

1. Which of the following is a characteristic of bulimia nervosa?

   A. Vomiting, laxatives, or diuretics are used to loss weight
   B. There are repeated attempts to lose weight by serve dieting
   C. It occurs equally in males and females
   D. It is an adolescent growth phase that a few women go through and later disappears

2. Gorging on food and then vomiting or taking laxatives to avoid gaining weight is called:

   A. behavioral dieting
   B. fad dieting
   C. purging
   D. bulimia nervosa

3. Which of the following is NOT a symptom of anorexia nervosa?

   A. insomnia
   B. dental problems
   C. loss of hair and nail quality
   D. low job or school performance

4. Consider this sequence: (1) food, (2) salivation with food (3) light with food, (4) salivation with light. This procedure for presenting stimuli and observing responses with dogs is based on Pavlov’s experiments, and represents which sequence of classical conditioning?

   A. Unconditioned stimulus, conditioned response, conditioned stimulus, unconditioned response
   B. Conditioned stimulus, conditioned response, unconditioned stimulus, unconditioned response
   C. Unconditioned stimulus, conditioned stimulus, unconditioned response, conditioned response
   D. Unconditioned stimulus, unconditioned response, conditioned stimulus, conditioned response
   E. Conditioned response, conditioned stimulus, unconditioned response, unconditioned stimulus

5. It increases that heart beat rate blood pressure and digestive tract mobility. Also, it may induce vomiting and diarrhea and even may cause water retention by kidneys:

   A. Alcohol
   B. Nicotine
   C. Dopamine
   D. All of the above

6. Which of the following does NOT characterize a person with this disorder?

   A. Lack of remorse
   B. Superficial charm
   C. Wild flights of ideas
   D. A disregard for the safety of others

7. Although women perform about______of all housework, about_____of wives characterize their household division of labor as unfair.

   A. one-half; one-half
   B. two-thirds; three-quarters
   C. two-thirds; one-third
   D. three-quarters; one-tenth

8. Life-threatening weight loss due to self-inflicted starvation is called:

   A. fasting
   B. malnutrition
   C. anorexia nervosa
   D. hypoglycemia

9. Food deprivation is to_______as hunger is to_______.

   A. Incentive; instinct
   B. need; drive
   C. homeostasis; thirst
   D. pornography; lust

10. Experiments with rats, monkeys and humans using sham feeding have advanced our knowledge about food intake by demonstrating that:

    A. Satiety and reward signals are necessary to control eating
    B. Taste and smell stop food-seeking
    C. Gastric distension is caused by sham feeding
    D. Satiety motivates food-seeking behavior