PSYC 3082 TEST 2- COMPREHENSIVE Q&A REVIEW
GUIDE
Eating Disorders
Q1. What defines a binge eating episode?
A: A binge is characterized by loss of control and eating an excessive amount of
food within a short time.
Q2. Are most individuals with eating disorders intellectually impaired?
A: No. Most individuals with eating disorders are not below average in
intelligence.
Q3. What is the primary difference between anorexia nervosa and bulimia
nervosa?
A: People with anorexia are significantly underweight, whereas those with bulimia
typically maintain weight within or near the normal range.
Q4. A client is 5'10", weighs 95 lbs, and does not binge or purge. What is the
diagnosis?
A: Anorexia nervosa, restricting type.
Mood Disorders
Q5. What is early-onset persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia) associated
with?
A: Early-onset dysthymia is linked to multiple risk factors, including higher
chronicity and more severe long-term outcomes—all of the above applies.
, Q6. What is anhedonia?
A: The inability to feel pleasure from normally enjoyable activities.
Q7. How do depression and anxiety differ clinically?
A: Depressed individuals often experience anxiety, but anxious individuals are not
always depressed.
Q8. How do the sleep patterns of depressed individuals differ from those without
depression?
A: People with depression enter REM sleep much earlier than non-depressed
individuals.
Q9. Gavin exhibits symptoms consistent with what condition?
A: A major depressive episode.
Trauma-Related Disorders
Q10. What etiological factor is shared by PTSD and dissociative identity disorder
(DID)?
A: Both are strongly associated with severe trauma, especially chronic childhood
trauma.
Bipolar and Related Disorders
GUIDE
Eating Disorders
Q1. What defines a binge eating episode?
A: A binge is characterized by loss of control and eating an excessive amount of
food within a short time.
Q2. Are most individuals with eating disorders intellectually impaired?
A: No. Most individuals with eating disorders are not below average in
intelligence.
Q3. What is the primary difference between anorexia nervosa and bulimia
nervosa?
A: People with anorexia are significantly underweight, whereas those with bulimia
typically maintain weight within or near the normal range.
Q4. A client is 5'10", weighs 95 lbs, and does not binge or purge. What is the
diagnosis?
A: Anorexia nervosa, restricting type.
Mood Disorders
Q5. What is early-onset persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia) associated
with?
A: Early-onset dysthymia is linked to multiple risk factors, including higher
chronicity and more severe long-term outcomes—all of the above applies.
, Q6. What is anhedonia?
A: The inability to feel pleasure from normally enjoyable activities.
Q7. How do depression and anxiety differ clinically?
A: Depressed individuals often experience anxiety, but anxious individuals are not
always depressed.
Q8. How do the sleep patterns of depressed individuals differ from those without
depression?
A: People with depression enter REM sleep much earlier than non-depressed
individuals.
Q9. Gavin exhibits symptoms consistent with what condition?
A: A major depressive episode.
Trauma-Related Disorders
Q10. What etiological factor is shared by PTSD and dissociative identity disorder
(DID)?
A: Both are strongly associated with severe trauma, especially chronic childhood
trauma.
Bipolar and Related Disorders
