Chapter 8: Obesity and Disordered Eating

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. Aretha’s BMI is 28. Jolene’s is 32. Which statement is true?

A. Aretha and Jolene are both overweight, but neither is obese.

B. Aretha is overweight, and Jolene is obese.

C. Both Aretha and Jolene are obese.

D. Aretha is normal weight and Jolene is overweight.

Learning Objective: 8-1: Describe the measurement and consequences of obesity, and the role of genetic factors in influencing weight.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Measuring Obesity

Difficulty Level: Hard

2. Compared to the likelihood of a person of normal weight dying in a given time period, the mortality rate for people with a BMI over 40 is ______.

A. no higher

B. about 1.5 times as high

C. twice as high

D. 3 times as high

Learning Objective: 8-1: Describe the measurement and consequences of obesity, and the role of genetic factors in influencing weight.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Physical Consequences

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Genetic factors may predict as much as ______ of the variation among people in BMI.

A. 40%

B. 20%

C. 70%

D. 90%

Learning Objective: 8-1: Describe the measurement and consequences of obesity, and the role of genetic factors in influencing weight.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Role of Genetics

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Which statement BEST supports the idea that epigenetic factors are involved in obesity?

A. About 7% of the children of normal-weight parents are obese, compared with 40% of the children in families with one obese parent and 80% in families with two obese parents.

B. There is no significant correlation in weight between adopted siblings who are raised together.

C. A belief that obese people have no control over their weight leads people to feel they have less control over their own weight.

D. Men were at twice the risk of developing weight problems in adulthood if their mothers had lost their husbands during or immediately before the pregnancy.

Learning Objective: 8-1: Describe the measurement and consequences of obesity, and the role of genetic factors in influencing weight.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Conclusions

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. One of the most serious shortcomings of the internal-external hypothesis is that it ______ the sensitivity of ______ people to internal cues for eating.

A. overestimates; nonobese

B. overestimates; obese

C. underestimates; nonobese

D. underestimates; obese

Learning Objective: 8-2: Summarize how psychosocial factors contribute to obesity.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Internal-External Hypothesis

Difficulty Level: Hard

6. It’s a Monday in October. The Seattle Seahawks lost against the Rams yesterday. Seattleites are expected to consume almost ______ more saturated fats today than yesterday.

A. 10%

B. 20%

C. 30%

D. 40%

Learning Objective: 8-2: Summarize how psychosocial factors contribute to obesity.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Mood Regulation

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. A study of female college students found that during exam period, obese participants were ______ times more likely to “stress-eat” than were their nonobese counterparts.

A. 2

B. 5

C. 7

D. 8

Learning Objective: 8-2: Summarize how psychosocial factors contribute to obesity.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Mood Regulation

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Latrisha lives in a lower SES African-American neighborhood in a mid-sized city in the Southeast United States. The nearest grocery store is 2 miles away and is not served by public transit. The convenience stores in her neighborhood sell only alcohol, cigarettes, soda, and high-sodium or high-sugar snack foods. Latrisha lives in a ______.

A. nutritional black hole

B. food desert

C. food vacuum

D. health abyss

Learning Objective: 8-2: Summarize how psychosocial factors contribute to obesity.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Cultural Factors

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. In 1978, the province of Quebec in Canada banned fast-food advertising to children in television and print. With respect to obesity, this is an example of ______ prevention.

A. primary

B. universal

C. secondary

D. specific

Learning Objective: 8-3: Compare different strategies for reducing obesity.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Limit Television

Difficulty Level: Hard

10. A health psychologist might expect a ______ correlation between hours of sleep each night and next-day calorie consumption.

A. near-zero

B. negative

C. perfect

D. positive

Learning Objective: 8-3: Compare different strategies for reducing obesity.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Get Enough Sleep

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. At any given time, one in ______ Americans is dieting.

A. eight

B. five

C. four

D. three

Learning Objective: 8-3: Compare different strategies for reducing obesity.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Treating Obesity

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. Bollinger and colleagues (2011) found that posting calorie and nutritional information at Starbucks caused customers to ______.

A. avoid high-calorie beverage toppings and syrups

B. choose lower-calorie food options

C. avoid the restaurant altogether

D. spend less money each time they visited the restaurant

Learning Objective: 8-3: Compare different strategies for reducing obesity.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Institute Societal Changes

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. The eating disorder ______ has the highest mortality rate of all psychological disorders. About ______ of those diagnosed with the disorder ultimately die from it.

A. anorexia nervosa; 4%

B. anorexia nervosa; 6%

C. bulimia nervosa; 4%

D. bulimia nervosa; 6%

Learning Objective: 8-4: Describe different types of eating disorders and the role of genetic factors in contributing to such disorders.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Anorexia Nervosa

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. Gwen eats huge amounts of food in a single sitting, then vomits and uses laxatives to purge the excess food. Gwen appears to suffer from ______.

A. anorexia nervosa

B. binge eating disorder

C. bulimia nervosa

D. either bulimia nervosa or binge eating disorder

Learning Objective: 8-4: Describe different types of eating disorders and the role of genetic factors in contributing to such disorders.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Bulimia Nervosa

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. Of those with bulimia nervosa, ______ have had thoughts of suicide.

A. about 25%

B. nearly 35%

C. just over 50%

D. almost 75%

Learning Objective: 8-4: Describe different types of eating disorders and the role of genetic factors in contributing to such disorders.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Bulimia Nervosa

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. With respect to eating disorders, ______ minus compensatory behaviors equals ______.

A. bulimia nervosa; anorexia nervosa

B. binge eating disorder; bulimia nervosa

C. binge eating disorder; subclinical eating disorder

D. bulimia nervosa; binge eating disorder

Learning Objective: 8-4: Describe different types of eating disorders and the role of genetic factors in contributing to such disorders.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Binge Eating Disorder

Difficulty Level: Hard

17. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are both linked to abnormalities in the neurotransmitter ______, which signals feelings of fullness, and the hormone ______, which triggers eating.

A. serotonin; leptin

B. dopamine; melatonin

C. dopamine; leptin

D. serotonin; melatonin

Learning Objective: 8-4: Describe different types of eating disorders and the role of genetic factors in contributing to such disorders.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The Role of Genetics

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. Nichter and Nichter (1991) found that among adolescent girls, the “ideal girl” has a BMI of ______, which is considered ______.

A. less than 16; anorexic

B. less than 16; underweight

C. about 19.5; underweight

D. about 19.5; normal weight

Learning Objective: 8-5: Explain how psychosocial factors contribute to disordered eating.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Media Images

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. Data from a sample of high-school girls (Halpern and colleagues, 1999) suggests the hypothesis that the likelihood that a girl is dating is ______ correlated with BMI.

A. inversely

B. not

C. positively

D. perfectly

Learning Objective: 8-5: Explain how psychosocial factors contribute to disordered eating.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Sociocultural Norms

Difficulty Level: Hard

20. All else being equal, the parents of an adolescent diagnosed with anorexia are BEST described as ______.

A. warm and nurturing

B. demanding and disapproving

C. hostile and unsupportive

D. indulgent and overinvolved

Learning Objective: 8-5: Explain how psychosocial factors contribute to disordered eating.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Family Dynamics

Difficulty Level: Medium

21. Which character is correctly matched to the eating disorder to which she is MOST susceptible, based on her description alone?

A. “Perfect” Pamela--binge eating disorder

B. “Impulsive” Irene--anorexia nervosa

C. “Depressed” Debbie--bulimia nervosa

D. “Impulsive” Irene--bulimia nervosa

Learning Objective: 8-5: Explain how psychosocial factors contribute to disordered eating.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Personality

Difficulty Level: Medium

22. The textbook suggests that people with ______ are usually MORE motivated to seek treatment for an eating disorder than are people with ______.

A. anorexia nervosa; bulimia nervosa

B. anorexia nervosa; binge eating disorder

C. binge eating disorder; bulimia nervosa

D. bulimia nervosa; anorexia nervosa

Learning Objective: 8-6: Compare different strategies for reducing disordered eating.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Treating Disordered Eating

Difficulty Level: Medium

23. ______ therapy is NOT mentioned in the textbook as one of the contemporary therapeutic approaches to treating disordered eating.

A. Humanistic-existential

B. Drug

C. Cognitive-behavioral

D. Family

Learning Objective: 8-6: Compare different strategies for reducing disordered eating.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Treating Disordered Eating

Difficulty Level: Easy

24. Deena’s psychiatrist has asked her to monitor and record her thoughts and feelings related to bingeing and purging. In addition, she is completing a project reflecting her responses to the images of women she encounters in her social media use. Finally, Deena’s psychiatrist has prescribed Prozac, an antidepressant. Deena is MOST likely completing a course of ______ therapy.

A. psychodynamic

B. family

C. cognitive-behavioral

D. drug

Learning Objective: 8-6: Compare different strategies for reducing disordered eating.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

Difficulty Level: Medium

25. An 18-year-old woman is seeking treatment for bulimia nervosa. She and her family are considering cognitive-behavioral therapy, family therapy, and supportive-expressive therapy. Of these approaches, ______ therapy is probably the MOST effective, and ______ therapy is probably the LEAST effective.

A. family; supportive-expressive

B. family; cognitive-behavioral

C. supportive-expressive; family

D. supportive-expressive; cognitive-behavioral

Learning Objective: 8-6: Compare different strategies for reducing disordered eating.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Family-Based Therapy

Difficulty Level: Hard

True/False

1. Just over one-half of American adults are considered obese.

Learning Objective: 8-1: Describe the measurement and consequences of obesity, and the role of genetic factors in influencing weight.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Understanding Obesity

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. The proportion of obese people who are classified as healthy based on physiological measures is approximately equal to the proportion of normal-weight people who are classified as healthy based on the same measures.

Learning Objective: 8-1: Describe the measurement and consequences of obesity, and the role of genetic factors in influencing weight.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Measuring Obesity

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. There is substantial support for the internal–external hypothesis of obesity.

Learning Objective: 8-2: Summarize how psychosocial factors contribute to obesity.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Social Learning

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. If a same-sex friend becomes obese, one is subsequently much more likely to become obese oneself.

Learning Objective: 8-2: Summarize how psychosocial factors contribute to obesity.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Social Influences

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. About 98% of the televised food advertisements seen by children between 2 and 11 years old are products high in fat, sugar, or sodium.

Learning Objective: 8-3: Compare different strategies for reducing obesity.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Limit Television

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. Bulimia nervosa is the MOST common eating disorder.

Learning Objective: 8-4: Describe different types of eating disorders and the role of genetic factors in contributing to such disorders.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Binge Eating Disorder

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. Girls may adopt the “thin ideal” when they are as young as 3–5 years of age.

Learning Objective: 8-5: Explain how psychosocial factors contribute to disordered eating.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sociocultural Norms

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. Medication is effective as a stand-alone treatment for binge eating disorder.

Learning Objective: 8-6: Compare different strategies for reducing disordered eating.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Treating Disordered Eating

Difficulty Level: Easy

Essay

1. Create a 2 × 2 matrix to organize the three main eating disorders described in the textbook. Place each of the disorders in the appropriate cell. Include two or three brief bullet points for each disorder to highlight important features. Place nondisordered eating in the appropriate cell.

Learning Objective: 8-4: Describe different types of eating disorders and the role of genetic factors in contributing to such disorders.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Binge Eating Disorder

Difficulty Level: Hard

2. Imagine that your team is developing a program aimed at preventing eating disorders on a college campus. Describe the content you would include in the program, as well as content you would avoid. Make explicit reference to cognitive dissonance in your response. Finally, describe how you might distribute the program’s content among online and in-person modes of delivery.

Learning Objective: 8-6: Compare different strategies for reducing disordered eating.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Reducing Disordered Eating

Difficulty Level: Medium