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- A. Vomiting, laxatives, or diuretics are used to loss weight
- B. There are repeated attempts to lose weight by serve dieting
- C. It occurs equally in males and females
- D. It is an adolescent growth phase that a few women go through and later disappears
Explanation: Bulimia commonly involves compensatory behaviors such as self-induced vomiting, laxatives, or diuretics after binge eating.
Correct answer: Vomiting, laxatives, or diuretics are used to loss weight- A. insomnia
- B. dental problems
- C. loss of hair and nail quality
- D. low job or school performance
Explanation: Insomnia, hair and nail changes, and dental damage can accompany anorexia, particularly when restrictive eating or purging causes severe…
Correct answer: low job or school performance- A. lack of proteins
- B. purging
- C. lack of calcium
- D. lack of water in the diet
Explanation: Purging exposes the teeth to stomach acid, which erodes enamel and causes dental problems.
Correct answer: purging- A. Self
- B. Drug
- C. Alcohol
- D. Laxative
Explanation: Bulimia nervosa involves recurrent binge eating followed by compensatory behaviors such as self-induced vomiting and misuse of laxatives.
Correct answer: Laxative- A. Depression
- B. Negative self-esteem
- C. Anxiety
- D. All of the above
Explanation: Unemployment can threaten financial security, identity, routine, and self-worth, producing anxiety, depression, and lower self-esteem.
Correct answer: All of the above- A. Skinner
- B. Monroe
- C. Sheldon j. Korchin
- D. None of the above
Explanation: Sheldon J. Korchin wrote Modern Clinical Psychology, a major work concerned with clinical assessment, treatment, and the professional…
Correct answer: Sheldon j. Korchin- A. Haldol
- B. Thorazine
- C. Ritalin
- D. Valium
Explanation: Ritalin, a stimulant containing methylphenidate, is commonly used to reduce core ADHD symptoms such as inattention and impulsivity.
Correct answer: Ritalin- A. a person's body is frozen upon death
- B. drugs are administered to hasten death
- C. body temperature is lowered to delay death
- D. death is allowed but not caused
Explanation: Passive euthanasia involves allowing death to occur by withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment, rather than directly causing…
Correct answer: death is allowed but not caused- A. are mildly retarded
- B. act on impulse and cannot concentrate
- C. must take stimulants which shorten attention span
- D. are given sedatives which make them listless
Explanation: ADHD commonly disrupts learning because impulsive behaviour and difficulty sustaining attention interfere with following instructions and…
Correct answer: act on impulse and cannot concentrate- A. dopamine
- B. epinephrine
- C. acetylcholine
- D. estrogen
Explanation: Alzheimer's disease is associated with degeneration of cholinergic neurons and reduced acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter important for…
Correct answer: acetylcholine- A. menopause
- B. crystallized intelligence
- C. Alzheimer's disease
- D. role confusion
Explanation: Dementia is a progressive decline in memory and other cognitive abilities, and Alzheimer’s disease is its most common cause.
Correct answer: Alzheimer's disease- A. Statutory
- B. Power- assurance
- C. Anger- retaliatory
- D. individualist- collectivist
Explanation: Power-assurance, more commonly called power-reassurance, is generally described as the most common rapist typology.
Correct answer: Power- assurance- A. less likely that her son would be physically abused
- B. more likely that her son was physically abused
- C. more likely her son would be sexually abused
- D. none of these
Explanation: Haapasalo’s finding was counterintuitive: greater maternal problems were associated with a lower likelihood that the son had been…
Correct answer: less likely that her son would be physically abused- A. Inductive methods of profiling are often referred to as clinical in the style, while deductive methods are seen as 'statistical'
- B. Constructing psychological profiles of historical figures typically relies on specialist knowledge
- C. Both 'organized' and 'disorganized' offenders are careful not to leave evidence
- D. Profiling common characteristics of known offenders involves gathering data about the crime for multiple sources
Explanation: The organized-disorganized distinction concerns crime-scene behaviour: organized offenders tend to plan and conceal evidence, whereas…
Correct answer: Both 'organized' and 'disorganized' offenders are careful not to leave evidence- A. Antisocial behavior
- B. History of mental illness
- C. Family criminality
- D. A and C
Explanation: Antisocial behaviour and a history of criminality in the family are established predictors of later aggression and violent conduct.
Correct answer: A and C- A. Indiscriminate targeting of treatment programs helps to reduce recidivism
- B. The type of treatment program is important, with stronger evidence for unstructured behavioral and multi- model approaches
- C. The most successful studies behavioral in nature, include a cognitive component
- D. The most effective programs have low treatment integrity
Explanation: Effective offending interventions are commonly behavioural but also include cognitive elements, such as changing harmful thinking patterns…
Correct answer: The most successful studies behavioral in nature, include a cognitive component- A. don't know; don't know; childhood
- B. know; don't know; young adulthood
- C. don't know; don't know; adulthood
- D. know; know; young adulthood
Explanation: Women are more often attacked by someone they know, whereas men are more often attacked by strangers.
Correct answer: know; don't know; young adulthood- A. It may indicate higher level of sexual abuse
- B. It may indicate an increased awareness of the dangerous abuse
- C. It may reflect changes in the definition of some abuse (e.g to include more acts) producing an increase in the numbers
- D. It may indicate all of the above
Explanation: An increase in reported sexual assault may reflect more actual abuse, greater public awareness and reporting, or broader legal definitions…
Correct answer: It may indicate all of the above- A. Early childhood conduct disorder
- B. Those factors which predict non- sexual delinquency such as low family income, poor accommodation, poor parenting
- C. Early onset of sexually abusive behavior, male victims, multiple victims and poor social skills
- D. Previous criminality, psychopathy and use of death/ threats at time of index offence
Explanation: Langström identified predictors such as early sexual offending, male victims, multiple victims, and poor social skills.
Correct answer: Early onset of sexually abusive behavior, male victims, multiple victims and poor social skills- A. abuse causes post-traumatic stress and thus a need to re- enact the experience
- B. if a mother has been abused this increases the risk of a child's potential for being an abuser in the future
- C. physically abused children tend to commit physically violent offences whereas sexually abused children tend to commit sexually violent crimes in adulthood
- D. the effect of violence are more generally pathogenic than simply 'violence leads to violence
Explanation: Isomorphism proposes that the form of later violence may resemble the abuse experienced, such as physical abuse being followed by physical…
Correct answer: physically abused children tend to commit physically violent offences whereas sexually abused children tend to commit sexually violent crimes in adulthood