Immediately Preceding the Onset of an Eating Disorder in a Woman

question 104

Multiple Choice

Immediately preceding the onset of an eating disorder in a woman, one would MOST likely find that she:

• A) had been unsuccessful in trying to lose weight.
• B) had gone through a period of intense criticism from her family.
• C) had experienced a growth spurt.
• D) had been successful in losing weight and had been praised by family.

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Definitions:

Conservation

The principle that certain properties of an object, like volume or mass, remain the same even if its appearance changes, essential to cognitive development in children as identified by Jean Piaget.

Numerically Impossible

A term referring to tasks or events that cannot occur due to mathematical constraints or limitations.

Karen Wynn

A cognitive psychologist known for her research on the foundations of human cognition, particularly in infants, including their understanding of numbers and social evaluation.

Object Permanence

Object permanence is the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or touched.