Alice Was the Youngest of Three Children Raised by an Authoritarian

question 96

Multiple Choice

Alice was the youngest of three children raised by an authoritarian father.Alice's mother left them when she was 10 and Alice had managed to function well despite coming from a broken home.When she was 16,her boyfriend of 3 years ended their relationship abruptly.Alice grew convinced that he had left her as she was not appealing enough and began to diet extensively.Her school performance dropped,she grew uncomfortable around friends,and became painfully thin.Mealtimes at Alice's home were not fixed and her siblings and father often ate outside and failed to notice that she would hardly eat throughout the day.From the information provided in the scenario,we can say that Alice

• A)smokes and drinks excessively.
• B)often takes high doses of prescription drugs.
• C)is suffering from anorexia nervosa.
• D)is overweight and at high risk for many lifestyle diseases.

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Definitions:

Political Action

Activities undertaken by individuals or groups to influence or participate in politics or public policy.

Economics of Collective Decision Making

The study of how decisions are made in groups, societies, or organizations where individual choices affect the collective.

Public Choice Analysis

A branch of economics that studies the decision-making processes of government bodies as well as the behavior of voters, politicians, and government officials.

James Buchanan

An American economist known for his work on public choice theory, which explains how political decision-making processes affect economic policies, and the recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1986.