AQA A2 Psychology Unit 3 - Eating Behaviour - Anorexia Nervosa - Psychological Cognitive

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What is the criteria from the DSM-V for Anorexia Nervosa?
Persistant restriction of body weight, intense fear of gaining weight, distorted body view
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How low does the individuals BMI have to be, to be classed as AN, and how long for?
15, over 3 months
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What is polarized thinking?
The need to be thin
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What error will cause the individual to believe that, everything will be okay, when they are thin?
Over generalization
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What did Fallon & Rozin 1985 look at?
Asked to rate current body weight, ideal body weight and the most attractive body weight
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What did Fallon and Rozin find about males and females?
Males, more realistic in current to ideal. Females large gap, overestimated their weight and saw small as attractive
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Who studied was conducted through asking AN patients to judge their body weights compared to others, and then to re-judge them after eating?
McKenzie et al (1993)
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What happened to the females weight after they had eaten the food in McKenzie et al's study?
They gained a significant amount of weight compared to others in the group
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What are the ethical issues when dealing with Anorexia nervosa?
Socailly Sensitive topic, accessability
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Which gender are most AN studies biased to?
Females
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