Tricia is a graduate student who is interested in eating disorders. She overcame her anorexia nervosa at age 21. No one else in her family seems to have any issues with food. She was surprised to learn that several studies on eating disorders show that:
a. anorexia runs in families, but bulimia does not
b. these disorders have no genetic basis
c. these disorders clearly run in families
d. relatives of test subjects do not have a higher risk for developing these disorders
Ans: c. these disorders clearly run in families
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a. aggressiveness and unruliness; anxiousness and unhappiness b. unhappiness and anxiousness; aggressiveness and unruliness c. personality disorders and low grades; ADHD and high grades d. ADHD and high grades; personality disorders and low grades
In order to receive the maximum benefit from therapy, which of the following would NOT be good advice?
a. It is a good idea to write down the goals that you want to accomplish by entering therapy and discuss them with your therapist during the first session. b. As required by most therapists, you should not discuss your sessions with anyone except your therapist and your physician. c. Since it is always tempting to avoid facing up to personal problems, you should give therapy and your therapist a fair chance and not give up too easily. d. You should not hesitate to change therapists or to terminate therapy if you lose confidence in the therapist or if you do not relate well to the therapist as a person.