Question 1

The term la belle indifference refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  the lack of worry patients with conversion disorder display about their symptoms. 
B)  the lack of awareness of each other displayed by each of the alters in patients suffering from dissociative identity disorder. 
C)  the attitude displayed by people accused of malingering. 
D)  the lack of awareness of their condition displayed by patients suffering from dissociative amnesia with fugue. 
E)  the lack of concern doctors show patients suffering from conversion disorder. 
A)  the lack of worry patients with conversion disorder display about their symptoms. 
B)  the lack of awareness of each other displayed by each of the alters in patients suffering from dissociative identity disorder. 
C)  the attitude displayed by people accused of malingering. 
D)  the lack of awareness of their condition displayed by patients suffering from dissociative amnesia with fugue. 
E)  the lack of concern doctors show patients suffering from conversion disorder.

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT among the five patterns of memory loss described in the DSM-5?

Accepted Answer

A)  localized 
B)  regressive 
C)  generalized 
D)  selective 
E)  continuous 
A)  localized 
B)  regressive 
C)  generalized 
D)  selective 
E)  continuous

Question 3

Dissociative amnesia with fugue is a loss of memory with the added dimension of

Accepted Answer

A)  mania. 
B)  substance abuse. 
C)  psychosis. 
D)  physical flight. 
E)  depression. 
A)  mania. 
B)  substance abuse. 
C)  psychosis. 
D)  physical flight. 
E)  depression.

Question 4

Explain the cognitive-behavioural conceptualization of health anxiety.

Accepted Answer

According to this perspective, everyone

Question 5

According to Merskey, cases of dissociative identity disorder

Accepted Answer

A)  represent a legitimate psychiatric disorder. 
B)  are most frequently found in individuals with criminal inclinations. 
C)  may be iatrogenic conditions unintentionally caused by practitioners. 
D)  are frequently cases of individuals faking or malingering their illnesses. 
E)  are more common outside of North America. 
A)  represent a legitimate psychiatric disorder. 
B)  are most frequently found in individuals with criminal inclinations. 
C)  may be iatrogenic conditions unintentionally caused by practitioners. 
D)  are frequently cases of individuals faking or malingering their illnesses. 
E)  are more common outside of North America.

Question 6

Which of the following matches is incorrect?

Accepted Answer

A)  continuous amnesia: failure to recall information from a specific date until the present 
B)  selective amnesia: failure to recall only certain categories of information 
C)  localized amnesia: failure to recall information from a specific time period 
D)  generalized amnesia: failure to recall anything in one's lifetime 
E)  systematized amnesia: failure to recall certain categories of information 
A)  continuous amnesia: failure to recall information from a specific date until the present 
B)  selective amnesia: failure to recall only certain categories of information 
C)  localized amnesia: failure to recall information from a specific time period 
D)  generalized amnesia: failure to recall anything in one's lifetime 
E)  systematized amnesia: failure to recall certain categories of information

Question 7

In earlier editions of the DSM, dissociative and somatic symptom and related disorders were categorized as

Accepted Answer

A)  psychoses. 
B)  depressive disorders. 
C)  somatic symptom disorder. 
D)  neuroses. 
E)  physical disorders. 
A)  psychoses. 
B)  depressive disorders. 
C)  somatic symptom disorder. 
D)  neuroses. 
E)  physical disorders.

Question 8

Current treatments for somatic symptom and related disorders focus on

Accepted Answer

A)  integrating the various personalities into a single personality. 
B)  finding the most appropriate pharmacological intervention for the particular individual. 
C)  helping individuals acquire insight into the origins of their difficulties. 
D)  the use of hypnosis to help individuals uncover forgotten memories of traumatic events that may be at the root of many of these disorders. 
E)  affective, cognitive, or social processes that maintain these disorders. 
A)  integrating the various personalities into a single personality. 
B)  finding the most appropriate pharmacological intervention for the particular individual. 
C)  helping individuals acquire insight into the origins of their difficulties. 
D)  the use of hypnosis to help individuals uncover forgotten memories of traumatic events that may be at the root of many of these disorders. 
E)  affective, cognitive, or social processes that maintain these disorders.

Question 9

Recently, experts have suggested that conversion disorder might best be viewed as a form of

Accepted Answer

A)  somatic symptom disorder. 
B)  dissociative amnesia. 
C)  factitious disorder. 
D)  dissociative disorder. 
E)  anxiety disorder. 
A)  somatic symptom disorder. 
B)  dissociative amnesia. 
C)  factitious disorder. 
D)  dissociative disorder. 
E)  anxiety disorder.

Question 10

What is false memory syndrome and how is this distinguished from the trauma-repression hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

The concept of "repressed memory" comes

Question 11

Current thought about dissociative disorders and somatic symptom and related disorders suggests that both are characterized by physical symptoms or behaviours that are caused or exacerbated by elevated serotonin levels.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The average number of personalities in dissociative identity disorder is five.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Describe five patterns of memory loss characteristic of dissociative amnesia.

Accepted Answer

Localized amnesia: The person fails to r

Question 14

Medication is generally not useful in the direct treatment of DID.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Two forms of amnesia are ___________ amnesia, in which an individual forgets his or her entire life history, and ___________ amnesia, in which a person can remember nothing following a certain point in time.

Accepted Answer

A)  localized; continuous 
B)  localized; generalized 
C)  systematized; selective 
D)  generalized; localized 
E)  generalized; continuous 
A)  localized; continuous 
B)  localized; generalized 
C)  systematized; selective 
D)  generalized; localized 
E)  generalized; continuous

Question 16

Which of the following is true of the treatment and prognosis of DID?

Accepted Answer

A)  There have been few attempts to evaluate the success of the treatments. 
B)  There is considerable evidence that individuals get better without professional help. 
C)  There is general consensus among experts regarding a specific series of stages that are followed. 
D)  In general, the prognosis is optimistic. 
E)  Medication has been found to be useful in treating the disorder. 
A)  There have been few attempts to evaluate the success of the treatments. 
B)  There is considerable evidence that individuals get better without professional help. 
C)  There is general consensus among experts regarding a specific series of stages that are followed. 
D)  In general, the prognosis is optimistic. 
E)  Medication has been found to be useful in treating the disorder.

Question 17

Dissociative disorders and some of the somatic symptom disorders were once viewed as expressions of ___ , which denoted a symptom pattern of emotional excitability and physical symptoms without medical cause, and which was felt to be caused by a ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  neurosis; suppression of psychic stress 
B)  neurosis; repression of traumatic memories 
C)  brain degeneration; an over-excitable brain and nervous system 
D)  hysteria; repression of traumatic memories 
E)  hysteria; wandering uterus 
A)  neurosis; suppression of psychic stress 
B)  neurosis; repression of traumatic memories 
C)  brain degeneration; an over-excitable brain and nervous system 
D)  hysteria; repression of traumatic memories 
E)  hysteria; wandering uterus

Question 18

Dysfunction in which physiological system is proposed to be implicated in the development of somatic symptom and related disorders?

Accepted Answer

A)  the parasympathetic nervous system. 
B)  the prefrontal cortex-basal ganglia system. 
C)  the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. 
D)  the reproductive system. 
E)  the sensory-perceptual system. 
A)  the parasympathetic nervous system. 
B)  the prefrontal cortex-basal ganglia system. 
C)  the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. 
D)  the reproductive system. 
E)  the sensory-perceptual system.

Question 19

With the rise of Christianity, biomedical theories of hysteria were replaced by supernatural explanations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

A disorder in which people are induced by therapists to remember events that have never occurred is referred to as

Accepted Answer

A)  iatrogenic memory syndrome. 
B)  trauma-repression syndrome. 
C)  creative recall syndrome. 
D)  false memory syndrome. 
E)  distorted memory syndrome. 
A)  iatrogenic memory syndrome. 
B)  trauma-repression syndrome. 
C)  creative recall syndrome. 
D)  false memory syndrome. 
E)  distorted memory syndrome.

The term la belle indifference refers to

Which of the following is NOT among the five patterns of memory loss described in the DSM-5?

Dissociative amnesia with fugue is a loss of memory with the added dimension of

Explain the cognitive-behavioural conceptualization of health anxiety.

According to Merskey, cases of dissociative identity disorder

Which of the following matches is incorrect?

In earlier editions of the DSM, dissociative and somatic symptom and related disorders were categorized as

Current treatments for somatic symptom and related disorders focus on

Recently, experts have suggested that conversion disorder might best be viewed as a form of

What is false memory syndrome and how is this distinguished from the trauma-repression hypothesis?

Current thought about dissociative disorders and somatic symptom and related disorders suggests that both are characterized by physical symptoms or behaviours that are caused or exacerbated by elevated serotonin levels.

The average number of personalities in dissociative identity disorder is five.

Describe five patterns of memory loss characteristic of dissociative amnesia.

Medication is generally not useful in the direct treatment of DID.

Two forms of amnesia are _ amnesia, in which an individual forgets his or her entire life history, and _ amnesia, in which a person can remember nothing following a certain point in time.

Which of the following is true of the treatment and prognosis of DID?

Dissociative disorders and some of the somatic symptom disorders were once viewed as expressions of _ , which denoted a symptom pattern of emotional excitability and physical symptoms without medical cause, and which was felt to be caused by a __.

Dysfunction in which physiological system is proposed to be implicated in the development of somatic symptom and related disorders?

With the rise of Christianity, biomedical theories of hysteria were replaced by supernatural explanations.

A disorder in which people are induced by therapists to remember events that have never occurred is referred to as

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Exam 6: Dissociative Disorder and Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders

The term la belle indifference refers to

Which of the following is NOT among the five patterns of memory loss described in the DSM-5?

Dissociative amnesia with fugue is a loss of memory with the added dimension of

Explain the cognitive-behavioural conceptualization of health anxiety.

According to Merskey, cases of dissociative identity disorder

Which of the following matches is incorrect?

In earlier editions of the DSM, dissociative and somatic symptom and related disorders were categorized as

Current treatments for somatic symptom and related disorders focus on

Recently, experts have suggested that conversion disorder might best be viewed as a form of

What is false memory syndrome and how is this distinguished from the trauma-repression hypothesis?

Current thought about dissociative disorders and somatic symptom and related disorders suggests that both are characterized by physical symptoms or behaviours that are caused or exacerbated by elevated serotonin levels.

The average number of personalities in dissociative identity disorder is five.

Describe five patterns of memory loss characteristic of dissociative amnesia.

Medication is generally not useful in the direct treatment of DID.

Two forms of amnesia are ___________ amnesia, in which an individual forgets his or her entire life history, and ___________ amnesia, in which a person can remember nothing following a certain point in time.

Which of the following is true of the treatment and prognosis of DID?

Dissociative disorders and some of the somatic symptom disorders were once viewed as expressions of ___ , which denoted a symptom pattern of emotional excitability and physical symptoms without medical cause, and which was felt to be caused by a ____.

Dysfunction in which physiological system is proposed to be implicated in the development of somatic symptom and related disorders?

With the rise of Christianity, biomedical theories of hysteria were replaced by supernatural explanations.

A disorder in which people are induced by therapists to remember events that have never occurred is referred to as

Concepts of Abnormality Throughout History

Theoretical Perspectives on Abnormal Behaviour

Classification and Diagnosis

Psychological Assessment and Research Methods

Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Trauma -Related Disorders

Psychological Factors Affecting Medical Conditions

Mood Disorders and Suicide

Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

Eating Disorders

Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders

The Personality Disorders

Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders

Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Behaviour and Emotional Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence

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Therapies

Prevention and Mental Health Promotion in the Community

Mental Disorder and the Law

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Two forms of amnesia are _ amnesia, in which an individual forgets his or her entire life history, and _ amnesia, in which a person can remember nothing following a certain point in time.

Dissociative disorders and some of the somatic symptom disorders were once viewed as expressions of _ , which denoted a symptom pattern of emotional excitability and physical symptoms without medical cause, and which was felt to be caused by a __.