Question 1

The common aspect of all somatic symptom disorders is a maladaptive or excessive

Accepted Answer

A)  belief that a serious medical condition will cause death. 
B)  belief that one's appearance is ugly. 
C)  response to physical or associated health symptoms. 
D)  concern with the meaning of a physical pain. 
A)  belief that a serious medical condition will cause death. 
B)  belief that one's appearance is ugly. 
C)  response to physical or associated health symptoms. 
D)  concern with the meaning of a physical pain.

Question 2

Studies examining the incidence of DID in non-clinical populations (the population at large or a university population) suggest that approximately percent of the general population suffer from DID.

Accepted Answer

A)  .001 
B)  .01 to .05 
C)  1.5 
D)  5 
A)  .001 
B)  .01 to .05 
C)  1.5 
D)  5

Question 3

All of the following are classified as somatic symptom and related disorders EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  dissociative identity disorder. 
B)  factitious disorder 
C)  conversion disorder. 
D)  illness anxiety disorder. 
A)  dissociative identity disorder. 
B)  factitious disorder 
C)  conversion disorder. 
D)  illness anxiety disorder.

Question 4

In the "Abnormal Psychology Live" presentation, Rachel describes how her eyes always see the world through "a fog." She attributes this to having spent "years in the darkness" and

Accepted Answer

A)  other people looking through the same eyes. 
B)  her history of substance abuse. 
C)  not wanting to see the world as it really is. 
D)  the trauma of constantly switching personalities. 
A)  other people looking through the same eyes. 
B)  her history of substance abuse. 
C)  not wanting to see the world as it really is. 
D)  the trauma of constantly switching personalities.

Question 5

A man who finds himself living in a small town in Alaska with no recall of how he got there may have ___________.

Accepted Answer

A)  dissociative amnesia with dissociative fugue 
B)  conversion 
C)  depersonalization-derealization disorder 
D)  dissociative identity disorder 
A)  dissociative amnesia with dissociative fugue 
B)  conversion 
C)  depersonalization-derealization disorder 
D)  dissociative identity disorder

Question 6

In dissociative identity disorder, the "host" personality is usually the one that

Accepted Answer

A)  is the most aggressive of the personalities. 
B)  asks for treatment and becomes the patient. 
C)  earns income for the individual. 
D)  is sexually provocative. 
A)  is the most aggressive of the personalities. 
B)  asks for treatment and becomes the patient. 
C)  earns income for the individual. 
D)  is sexually provocative.

Question 7

With regard to a diagnosis of somatic symptom disorder, women are

Accepted Answer

A)  equally likely as men to be diagnosed. 
B)  less likely than men to be diagnosed. 
C)  more likely than men to be diagnosed. 
D)  more likely than men to be diagnosed during middle to late adulthood but no more likely than men to be diagnosed during teen years and early adulthood. 
A)  equally likely as men to be diagnosed. 
B)  less likely than men to be diagnosed. 
C)  more likely than men to be diagnosed. 
D)  more likely than men to be diagnosed during middle to late adulthood but no more likely than men to be diagnosed during teen years and early adulthood.

Question 8

In dissociative identity disorder, the "host" personality usually

Accepted Answer

A)  is of a gender opposite to that of the individual. 
B)  becomes overwhelmed trying to hold all of the personality fragments together. 
C)  is male. 
D)  is well aware of each personality and everything that happens while each personality is active. 
A)  is of a gender opposite to that of the individual. 
B)  becomes overwhelmed trying to hold all of the personality fragments together. 
C)  is male. 
D)  is well aware of each personality and everything that happens while each personality is active.

Question 9

According to the autohypnotic model, people who are suggestible may be

Accepted Answer

A)  able to create false memories to ease their trauma. 
B)  able to use dissociation as a defense against extreme trauma. 
C)  able to remember the trauma that created the false memories. 
D)  unable to switch at will. 
A)  able to create false memories to ease their trauma. 
B)  able to use dissociation as a defense against extreme trauma. 
C)  able to remember the trauma that created the false memories. 
D)  unable to switch at will.

Question 10

Which of the following statements is TRUEabout DID?

Accepted Answer

A)  DID is easy to fake. 
B)  DID is absolutely impossible to fake. 
C)  Dissociative symptoms may be the result of sleep deprivation 
D)  DID is made up of false memories. 
A)  DID is easy to fake. 
B)  DID is absolutely impossible to fake. 
C)  Dissociative symptoms may be the result of sleep deprivation 
D)  DID is made up of false memories.

Question 11

Studies suggest that patients with somatic symptom disorder or illness anxiety disorder are characterized by a tendency to

Accepted Answer

A)  interpret ambiguous stimuli as threatening. 
B)  minimize physical symptoms. 
C)  have low sensitivity to perceived illness. 
D)  avoid bad news cues. 
A)  interpret ambiguous stimuli as threatening. 
B)  minimize physical symptoms. 
C)  have low sensitivity to perceived illness. 
D)  avoid bad news cues.

Question 12

Without treatment, it is expected that DID will last .

Accepted Answer

A)  10 years 
B)  a lifetime 
C)  several months 
D)  20 years 
A)  10 years 
B)  a lifetime 
C)  several months 
D)  20 years

Question 13

Clients with illness anxiety disorder are likely to

Accepted Answer

A)  avoid doctors. 
B)  avoid unnecessary medical procedures. 
C)  soon reject assurances that they are healthy. 
D)  ignore the long-term process of illness. 
A)  avoid doctors. 
B)  avoid unnecessary medical procedures. 
C)  soon reject assurances that they are healthy. 
D)  ignore the long-term process of illness.

Question 14

Factitious disorder imposed on another is often characterized by

Accepted Answer

A)  deliberate actions directed toward making a child sick. 
B)  a parent denying that a child has symptoms that have, in fact, been observed. 
C)  a parent developing the same symptoms that their child has. 
D)  convincing a child to lie to a doctor about factitious symptoms. 
A)  deliberate actions directed toward making a child sick. 
B)  a parent denying that a child has symptoms that have, in fact, been observed. 
C)  a parent developing the same symptoms that their child has. 
D)  convincing a child to lie to a doctor about factitious symptoms.

Question 15

In dissociative identity disorder, the transition from one personality to another is called a .

Accepted Answer

A)  transformation 
B)  substitution 
C)  switch 
D)  alteration 
A)  transformation 
B)  substitution 
C)  switch 
D)  alteration

Question 16

One distinction that may help determine those with DID from individuals who are malingering (faking their symptoms) is that malingerers are

Accepted Answer

A)  usually eager to demonstrate their symptoms. 
B)  usually hiding the existence of a major life crisis. 
C)  more likely to have many alters. 
D)  less likely to seek treatment. 
A)  usually eager to demonstrate their symptoms. 
B)  usually hiding the existence of a major life crisis. 
C)  more likely to have many alters. 
D)  less likely to seek treatment.

Question 17

In studies conducted by Elizabeth Loftus and her colleagues (Loftus, 2003; Loftus, Coan, and Pickrell, 1996), individuals were told about false events that had supposedly occurred when they were children. The results of this study indicated that

Accepted Answer

A)  people cannot be convinced of events that did not happen. 
B)  people can become quite convinced of events that never happened. 
C)  only individuals with diagnosable disorders can be convinced of events that never happened. 
D)  people can become convinced of events that did not happen only during hypnosis or other dissociative states. 
A)  people cannot be convinced of events that did not happen. 
B)  people can become quite convinced of events that never happened. 
C)  only individuals with diagnosable disorders can be convinced of events that never happened. 
D)  people can become convinced of events that did not happen only during hypnosis or other dissociative states.

Question 18

Dissociative trance disorder is diagnosed

Accepted Answer

A)  only when the trance is unpredictable in terms of when it appears (i.e., individual goes into a trance without prior religious ritual). 
B)  only when the trance is undesirable and considered pathological in the individual's culture. 
C)  only when the trance causes harm to the individual or others. 
D)  whenever an individual repeatedly enters a trance state. 
A)  only when the trance is unpredictable in terms of when it appears (i.e., individual goes into a trance without prior religious ritual). 
B)  only when the trance is undesirable and considered pathological in the individual's culture. 
C)  only when the trance causes harm to the individual or others. 
D)  whenever an individual repeatedly enters a trance state.

Question 19

An essential element of illness anxiety disorder is .

Accepted Answer

A)  psychosis 
B)  worry 
C)  depression 
D)  dissociation 
A)  psychosis 
B)  worry 
C)  depression 
D)  dissociation

Question 20

The modern view of the causes of conversion disorder is

Accepted Answer

A)  completely different from Freud's ideas of the etiology of this disorder. 
B)  somewhat similar to the causes that Freud described for this disorder. 
C)  a combination of genetic predisposition and neurobiological deficits. 
D)  based on social learning theory. 
A)  completely different from Freud's ideas of the etiology of this disorder. 
B)  somewhat similar to the causes that Freud described for this disorder. 
C)  a combination of genetic predisposition and neurobiological deficits. 
D)  based on social learning theory.

The common aspect of all somatic symptom disorders is a maladaptive or excessive

Studies examining the incidence of DID in non-clinical populations (the population at large or a university population) suggest that approximately percent of the general population suffer from DID.

All of the following are classified as somatic symptom and related disorders EXCEPT

In the "Abnormal Psychology Live" presentation, Rachel describes how her eyes always see the world through "a fog." She attributes this to having spent "years in the darkness" and

A man who finds himself living in a small town in Alaska with no recall of how he got there may have ___________.

In dissociative identity disorder, the "host" personality is usually the one that

With regard to a diagnosis of somatic symptom disorder, women are

In dissociative identity disorder, the "host" personality usually

According to the autohypnotic model, people who are suggestible may be

Which of the following statements is TRUEabout DID?

Studies suggest that patients with somatic symptom disorder or illness anxiety disorder are characterized by a tendency to

Without treatment, it is expected that DID will last .

Clients with illness anxiety disorder are likely to

Factitious disorder imposed on another is often characterized by

In dissociative identity disorder, the transition from one personality to another is called a .

One distinction that may help determine those with DID from individuals who are malingering (faking their symptoms) is that malingerers are

In studies conducted by Elizabeth Loftus and her colleagues (Loftus, 2003; Loftus, Coan, and Pickrell, 1996), individuals were told about false events that had supposedly occurred when they were children. The results of this study indicated that

Dissociative trance disorder is diagnosed

An essential element of illness anxiety disorder is .

The modern view of the causes of conversion disorder is

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Exam 6: Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders and Dissociative Disorders

The common aspect of all somatic symptom disorders is a maladaptive or excessive

Studies examining the incidence of DID in non-clinical populations (the population at large or a university population) suggest that approximately percent of the general population suffer from DID.

All of the following are classified as somatic symptom and related disorders EXCEPT

In the "Abnormal Psychology Live" presentation, Rachel describes how her eyes always see the world through "a fog." She attributes this to having spent "years in the darkness" and

A man who finds himself living in a small town in Alaska with no recall of how he got there may have ___________.

In dissociative identity disorder, the "host" personality is usually the one that

With regard to a diagnosis of somatic symptom disorder, women are

In dissociative identity disorder, the "host" personality usually

According to the autohypnotic model, people who are suggestible may be

Which of the following statements is TRUEabout DID?

Studies suggest that patients with somatic symptom disorder or illness anxiety disorder are characterized by a tendency to

Without treatment, it is expected that DID will last .

Clients with illness anxiety disorder are likely to

Factitious disorder imposed on another is often characterized by

In dissociative identity disorder, the transition from one personality to another is called a .

One distinction that may help determine those with DID from individuals who are malingering (faking their symptoms) is that malingerers are

In studies conducted by Elizabeth Loftus and her colleagues (Loftus, 2003; Loftus, Coan, and Pickrell, 1996), individuals were told about false events that had supposedly occurred when they were children. The results of this study indicated that

Dissociative trance disorder is diagnosed

An essential element of illness anxiety disorder is .

The modern view of the causes of conversion disorder is

Abnormal Behavior in Historical Context

An Integrative Approach to Psychopathology

Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis

Research Methods

Anxiety, Trauma, and Stressor-Related and Obsessive-Compulsive Related Disorders

Mood Disorders and Suicide

Eating and Sleep-Wake Disorders

Physical Disorders and Health Psychology

Sexual Dysfunctions, Paraphilic Disorders and Gender Dysphoria

Substance-Related, Addictive and Impulse-Control Disorders

Personality Disorders

Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Neurocognitive Disorders

Mental Health Services: Legal and Ethical Issues

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