AP PSYCHOLOGY

MOTIVATION EMOTION AND STRESS

MOTIVATION AND EMOTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Over the past 50 years, the incidence of anorexia nervosa has steadily increased. This is most clearly attributable to:
A
cultural ideals of beauty that increasingly encourage thinness.
B
increasing levels of childhood sexual abuse.
C
the onset of adolescence at increasingly younger ages.
D
the decreasing emphasis on maintaining stable marriages.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -maternal immune responses. Over the past 50 years, the incidence of anorexia nervosa has steadily increased. This is most clearly attributable to: cultural ideals of beauty that increasingly encourage thinness.

Detailed explanation-2: -Both anorexia nervosa and bulimia are characterized by an overvalued drive for thinness and a disturbance in eating behavior.

Detailed explanation-3: -Frequently skipping meals or refusing to eat. Denial of hunger or making excuses for not eating. Eating only a few certain “safe” foods, usually those low in fat and calories. Adopting rigid meal or eating rituals, such as spitting food out after chewing.

Detailed explanation-4: -Common signs and symptoms include loss of subcutaneous fat tissue, orthostatic hypotension, bradycardia, impaired menstrual function, hair loss, and hypothermia.

Detailed explanation-5: -The main difference between BN and AN are the disordered eating patterns through which the conditions are expressed. People with anorexia nervosa exhibit restrictive eating behavior. People with bulimia nervosa experience cycles of binging and and then purging behaviors.

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