A Young Woman Who Believes She Is Overweight Begins to Starve

question 28

Multiple Choice

A young woman who believes she is overweight begins to starve herself with the hope of becoming more attractive.A sociologist would explain the woman's behavior in terms of

• A)a personality defect or mental problem
• B)her lack of will power or self-esteem
• C)society's valuation of thinness in women
• D)society's valuation of abnormal behavior

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Definitions:

Chronological Age (CA)

A person’s age.

Mental Age (MA)

The accumulated months of credit that a person earns on the Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scale.

Intellectual Functioning

Refers to the general mental capacity, including reasoning, problem-solving, planning, abstract thinking, judgment, academic learning, and learning from experience.

Down Syndrome

A genetic disorder caused by the presence of an extra chromosome 21, leading to developmental and intellectual delays.