Lois has an intense fear of being overweight. Although she talks a lot about food, she hardly
eats at all.
She also has a distorted body image in which she sees herself as "fat" despite the
fact that her physician says she is 20% underweight for her height, age, and bone structure.
She exercises excessively and still rigidly and obsessively diets despite being 15 pounds
lighter than her original dieting goal. She is suffering from ______.
a. binge-eating/purging anorexia nervosa c. bulimia nervosa
b. restrictive anorexia nervosa d. binge-eating disorder
B
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According to Freud, most children resolve the Oedipal conflict by ______
a. identifying with the parent of the opposite sex b. identifying with the parent of the same sex c. reverting to the oral stage d. becoming anally fixated