Cognitive models: Anorexia
Many psychologists argue that eating disorders are not the result of biological factors but instead are the result of perception - in particular, a false perception of how one's body looks. There are two predominant theories that cognitive theorists study. Fairburn's Transdiagnostic model of anorexia argues faulty thinking based on maladaptive schema is the reason for the disorder. The theory of attentional bias...