A study by Xueting Zhou, Bin Zhang and Taisheng Cai, published in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, examined body image and its impact on recall that can cause anxiety in college students (Xueting & Bin, 2013). The goal of the experiment was to demonstrate distorted memories and conclusions among individuals with high levels of body image dispositional anxiety toward appearance-related information. It has been hypothesized that those with high levels of dispositional body image anxiety will recall more appearance-related information than those with low levels of body image anxiety. Numerous studies were cited in relation to and in support of the study. Being teased about your appearance as a child has been strongly linked to future body image disorders. Receiving nonverbal feedback has been related to body image dissatisfaction; this is also called reflected appraisal theory. The distorted memory of information is emotionally relevant to the individual. A group of 426 undergraduate psychology students were asked to participate in this experiment in ex...