Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Psychology

Chapter

Psychological Disorders

Question:
Assertion (A) : In binge eating, there are frequent episodes of out-of-control eating. The individual tends to eat at a lower speed than normal and stops eating when s/he feels uncomfortably full.
Reason (R) : In bulimia nervosa, the individual may eat excessive amounts of food, then purge her/his body of food by using medicines such as laxatives or diuretics or by vomiting/
Options:
Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
A is true, R is false
A is false, R is true
Correct Answer:
A is false, R is true
Explanation:
Assertion (A) is false as In binge eating, there are frequent episodes of out-of-control eating. The individual tends to eat at a higher speed than normal and continues eating till s/he feels uncomfortably full. Whereas Reason (R) is true to its definition.