Exam 6: Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders and Dissociative Disorders

In the "Abnormal Psychology Live" presentation of Doug who has suffered with body dysmorphic disorder, he attributes all of the following to his disorder EXCEPT

A person who fakes symptoms for a goal is called a , while a person who fakes a disease for no clear goal has a disorder:

One reason that DID can be misdiagnosed as psychosis is that

Which of the following statements is TRUE about conversion disorders?

Joe just ate six chili dogs and drank a liter of soda. If Joe suffers from illness anxiety disorder, he would probably interpret any resulting stomach discomfort as

Sue has DID. It is extremely likely that she also has

In the "Abnormal Psychology Live" presentation of Doug who has suffered with body dysmorphic disorder, he describes having thought about his perceived physical flaws

Although Jill feels fine now and believes that she is healthy, she still worries endlessly about developing a serious illness. Most likely Jill would be diagnosed with

Compare and contrast depersonalization-derealization disorder and dissociative amnesia.

According to psychological theory, neuroses stem from

While driving alone in her car, Sarah suddenly looks around and, for a moment, she can't remember where she is, how she arrived at this point on the road, or even why she is driving her car. Sarah is experiencing _______________.

Individuals with depersonalization show

The diagnosis of depersonalization-derealization disorder is

A comparison of dissociative reactions in "normals" and in DID patients indicates that the experience of dissociation is in normal versus DID patients.

Although it's name has changed from DSM-IV to DSM-5, hypochondriasis is essentially an emotional disturbance triggered by

Catharsis is

Describe how conversion reactions, real physical disorders, and outright malingering can be differentiated.

The experience of dissociation occurs in

Dissociative identity disorder tends to be associated with .

Joe injured his back at work several years ago. Although he was treated and considered healed by his physicians, he still complains of severe and debilitating back pain. Other than some minor scar tissue, his doctors can't find anything that could be causing more than some minor stiffness. It appears that Joe might be diagnosed with _________________.