Ch.11

Question 1

A disorder marked by the pursuit of extreme thinness and by extreme weight loss; very fearful of weight gain of gaining weight; distorted body perception; fails to appreciate the serious implications of her or his low weight

Answer 1

Anorexia nervosa

Question 2

The absence of menstrual cycles; the starvation habits of anorexia nervosa cause medical problems like this

Answer 2

Amenorrhea

Question 3

A disorder marked by frequent eating binges that are followed by forced vomiting or other extreme compensatory behaviors to avoid gaining weight (aka binge-purge syndrome)

Answer 3

Bulimia nervosa

Question 4

An episode of uncontrollable eating during which a person ingests a very large quantity of food

Answer 4

Binge

Question 5

An eating disorder in which people frequently go on eating binges but do not force themselves to vomit or engage in such behaviors; ppl do not fear weight gain to the same degree as those with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, but they do have many of the other features found in those disorders

Answer 5

Binge-eating disorder

Question 6

What percent of anorexia nervosa cases occur in females?

Answer 6

95% of all cases of anorexia nervosa occur in females; peaks at age 14 and 20 yrs old

Question 7

What do researchers and theorist use to explain eating disorders?

Answer 7

A multidimensional risk perspective is used by most researchers and theorists to explain eating disorders.

Question 8

A theory that identifies several kinds of risk factors that are thought to combine to help cause a disorder. The more factors present, the greater the risk of developing the disorder.

Answer 8

Multidimensional risk perspective

Question 9

The weight level that a person is predisposed to maintain, controlled in part by the hypothalamus

Answer 9

Weight set point