Bulimia Nervosa: The Vicious Cycle

The aspect of psychology of interest is eating disorders, specifically bulimia nervosa. The reason for the curiosity and interest in this specific area is due to many experiences with friends that have been diagnosed with it as well as reading many articles on the issue. I find that many of my high school classmates were borderline eating disorders and just not aware of it. Having had numerous friends suffering from an eating disorder of some …

…to be true. Thus, the examples used are valid examples of the definition/explanation for bulimia nervosa (Bensley, 1998). According to the text, the first task was to go through the examples to find the parts that were relevant to the definition and then use them as cases to make a valid argument. Then, the instructions called for making a decision as to whether or not the examples used were true examples of the definition/explanation.