How might perfectionism be conceptualized as a risk factor for anorexia?
What will be an ideal response?
• Perfectionism is part of a constellation of behaviors related to obsessive behaviors/qualities
• Tends to run in families (inherited tendency to develop obsession with perfection as well as eating disorders)
• Eating patterns and exercise patterns, as well as other behaviors that reflect the desire to be perfect, which then become obsessions
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Children with Down syndrome typically have
a. advanced development. c. slower than normal development. b. normal development. d. no development.