PSY 341 Chapter 11 Key Terms

amenorrhea

absence of menstruation

anorexia nervosa

eating disorder in which individual purposely takes in too little nourishment resulting in low body weight, has an irrational fear of weight gain and places too much emphasis on weight and their worth, and a distorted body perception

binge

an episode of uncontrollable eating during which a person ingests a very large quantity of food

binge-eating disorder

significant binge-eating episodes, followed by distress, disgust, or guilt, but without the compensatory purging, fasting, or excessive exercise that marks bulimia nervosa

binge-purge syndrome

eating disorder characterized by excessive eating followed by periods of fasting or self-induced vomiting

bulimia nervosa

an eating disorder characterized by episodes of overeating, usually of high-calorie foods, followed by vomiting, laxative use, fasting, or excessive exercise

enmeshed family pattern

a family system in which members are over involved with each other's affairs and over concerned about each other's welfare

hypothalamus

a neural structure lying below the thalamus; directs eating, drinking, body temperature; helps govern the endocrine system via the pituitary gland, and is linked to emotion

lateral hypothalamus (LH)

The part of the hypothalamus that produces hunger signals

motivational interviewing

a collaborative, person-centered form of guiding to elicit and strengthen motivation for change

multidimensional risk perspective

A theory that identifies several kinds of risk factors that are thought to combine to help cause a disorder. The more factors present, the greater the risk of developing the disorder.

ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH)

the part of the hypothalamus that can cause one to stop eating

weight set point

the weight level that a person is predisposed to maintain, controlled in part by the hypothalamus

compensatory behaviors

In eating disorders, those behaviors intended to avoid gaining weight from ingesting food. Examples are purging, forced vomiting, use of laxatives, or excessive exercising.

exposure and response prevention

type of therapy in which individuals with anxiety symptoms are exposed repeatedly to the focus of their anxiety but prevented from avoiding it or engaging in compulsive responses to the anxiety