Primary appraisals {Ans: part of the coping process that involves making decisions about whether a stimulus is stressful, benign, or irrelevant}What is the difference between anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa? {Ans: Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder where someone is afraid of being fat and restricts their diet; bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder where someone binge eats and purgesn(vomit), it is easier to hide.}Absolute threshold {Ans: the minimum intensity of stimulation that must occur before you experience a sensation}Cochlea {Ans: The ossicles transfer the eardrum vibrations to the oval window, which is a membrane located within the cochlea}What are the five methods of psychophysiological assessment that the textbook mentions? Explain how each method of assessment works and when to use each one. {Ans: 1) interviews 2) stress assessments 3) psychological tests 4) intelligence tests 5) behavioral and cognitive assessments 1) identify appropriate therapeutic interventions 2) monitoring effects of treatment over time (repeated assessments) 3) conducting research on the causes of a disorder}Eardrum {Ans: Once the sound waves arrive at the outer ear, they travel down the auditory canal to the eardrum}