How may present-day societal messages regarding females' roles contribute to the development of eating disorders?
What will be an ideal response?
norms and media's focus on thinness and attractiveness is partly to blame for weight consciousness among pre-teen girls. (Bell & Dittmar, 2011; Nouri, Hill, & Orrell-Valente, 2011). In addition, normal concerns about weight and appearance can either be reduced or increased by the comments of parents, friends, and romantic partners. The effects of the early parent–child relationship on fundamental biological processes such as eating and growth patterns are of paramount importance (Corning et al., 2010).
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The diathesis-stress model of mental disorders focuses mainly on how
a. nature can influence psychological disorders. b. nurture can influence psychological disorders. c. either nature or nurture can individually influence psychological disorders. d. both nature and nurture can interact to influence psychological disorders.
The adolescent's ability to think about their own thinking illustrates:
A) abstract thinking. B) hypothetical reasoning. C) introspection. D) logical thinking.