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Clinical Application of a Behavioral Model for the Treatment of Body Dysmorphic Disorder (Rabinowitz et al.)
Cognitive and Behavioral Practice 14 (2007) 247 www.elsevier.com/locate/cabp
Continuing Education Quiz Clinical Application of a Behavioral Model for the Treatment of Body Dysmorphic Disorder (Rabinowitz et al.) If you answer 8 out of 9 questions correctly, you will be awarded 1 CE credit. 1. All of the following are characteristic of BDD except: ○ a. obsessive concern over a perceived flaw in appearance ○ b. compulsions involving checking or hiding the flaw ○ c. cognitive impairments ○ d. social avoidance 2. Which of the following is not a contributing factor to the development of Body Dysmorphic Disorder according to the conditioning behavioral model of BDD (Neziroglu, Khemlani & Roberts’ (2004)? ○ a. a genetic predisposition ○ b. social learning ○ c. information processing biases ○ d. intellectual delays 3. BDD compulsions such as mirror checking, mirror avoidance, camouflaging, and reassurance seeking are maintained by which behavioral principle? ○ a. negative reinforcement ○ b. positive reinforcement ○ c. extinction ○ d. habituation 4. Individuals with BDD often have difficulty engaging in response prevention for their mirrorchecking compulsion due to the fact that this compulsion is usually reinforced on what type of schedule? ○ a. fixed-ratio schedule ○ b. variable-ratio schedule ○ c. fixed-interval schedule ○ d. variable-interval schedule
5. The principle of higher order conditioning may explain why individuals with Body Dysmorphic Disorder: ○ a. need to camouflage their flaws ○ b. try to avoid situations that make them anxious ○ c. have a high suicide rate and may become homebound ○ d. often have a primary concern, with multiple secondary concerns 6. Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) uses what elements to treat BDD? ○ a. extinction and habituation ○ b. cognitive therapy ○ c. social skills training ○ d. vocational training 7. ERP is used to successful treat not only BDD but: ○ a. Attention-Deficit Disorder ○ b. Generalized Anxiety Disorder ○ c. Eating Disorder ○ d. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 8. One of the first steps in ERP treatment is to: ○ a. induce anxiety by exposure to the perceived defect ○ b. prevent compulsive responses ○ c. develop a hierarchy of situations that elicited anxiety ○ d. begin group therapy 9. All of the following are useful techniques for challenging BDD beliefs except: ○ a. cognitive challenges ○ b. concrete empirical evidence ○ c. increased mirror checking ○ d. corrective feedback from others
Continuing Education Quiz Clinical Application of a Behavioral Model for the Treatment of Body Dysmorphic Disorder (Rabinowitz et al.) If you answer 8 out of 9 questions correctly, you will be awarded 1 CE credit. 1. All of the following are characteristic of BDD except: ○ a. obsessive concern over a perceived flaw in appearance ○ b. compulsions involving checking or hiding the flaw ○ c. cognitive impairments ○ d. social avoidance 2. Which of the following is not a contributing factor to the development of Body Dysmorphic Disorder according to the conditioning behavioral model of BDD (Neziroglu, Khemlani & Roberts’ (2004)? ○ a. a genetic predisposition ○ b. social learning ○ c. information processing biases ○ d. intellectual delays 3. BDD compulsions such as mirror checking, mirror avoidance, camouflaging, and reassurance seeking are maintained by which behavioral principle? ○ a. negative reinforcement ○ b. positive reinforcement ○ c. extinction ○ d. habituation 4. Individuals with BDD often have difficulty engaging in response prevention for their mirrorchecking compulsion due to the fact that this compulsion is usually reinforced on what type of schedule? ○ a. fixed-ratio schedule ○ b. variable-ratio schedule ○ c. fixed-interval schedule ○ d. variable-interval schedule
5. The principle of higher order conditioning may explain why individuals with Body Dysmorphic Disorder: ○ a. need to camouflage their flaws ○ b. try to avoid situations that make them anxious ○ c. have a high suicide rate and may become homebound ○ d. often have a primary concern, with multiple secondary concerns 6. Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) uses what elements to treat BDD? ○ a. extinction and habituation ○ b. cognitive therapy ○ c. social skills training ○ d. vocational training 7. ERP is used to successful treat not only BDD but: ○ a. Attention-Deficit Disorder ○ b. Generalized Anxiety Disorder ○ c. Eating Disorder ○ d. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 8. One of the first steps in ERP treatment is to: ○ a. induce anxiety by exposure to the perceived defect ○ b. prevent compulsive responses ○ c. develop a hierarchy of situations that elicited anxiety ○ d. begin group therapy 9. All of the following are useful techniques for challenging BDD beliefs except: ○ a. cognitive challenges ○ b. concrete empirical evidence ○ c. increased mirror checking ○ d. corrective feedback from others