Question 1

Recent research suggests that conversion symptoms in people with conversion disorder result from

Accepted Answer

A) spontaneous self-hypnosis. 
B) psychogenic pain. 
C) malingering. 
D) therapeutic suggestion. 
E) valid medical problems. 
A) spontaneous self-hypnosis. 
B) psychogenic pain. 
C) malingering. 
D) therapeutic suggestion. 
E) valid medical problems.

Question 2

Describe five patterns of memory loss characteristic of dissociative amnesia.

Accepted Answer

Localized amnesia: The person fails to r

Question 3

With regard to brain correlates of depersonalization/derealization,the textbook cites research that suggests ____ play(s)a role.

Accepted Answer

A) perceptual pathways 
B) temporal lobe epilepsy 
C) circuits involved in awareness and working memory 
D) processing functions 
E) circuits responsible for adaptive integration of emotional learning with decision- making 
A) perceptual pathways 
B) temporal lobe epilepsy 
C) circuits involved in awareness and working memory 
D) processing functions 
E) circuits responsible for adaptive integration of emotional learning with decision- making

Question 4

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 5

__________ is the DSM-5 label for the disorder in which certain aspects of a person's identity become detached or dissociated;it was formerly known as ______.

Accepted Answer

A) Multiple personality disorder;dissociative identity disorder 
B) Dissociative identity disorder;split personality disorder 
C) Dissociative identity disorder;multiple personality disorder 
D) Split personality disorder;multiple personality disorder 
E) Multiple personality disorder;split personality disorder 
A) Multiple personality disorder;dissociative identity disorder 
B) Dissociative identity disorder;split personality disorder 
C) Dissociative identity disorder;multiple personality disorder 
D) Split personality disorder;multiple personality disorder 
E) Multiple personality disorder;split personality disorder

Question 6

According to theories of health anxiety,the development of dysfunctional beliefs about illness leads an individual to:

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A) doubt themselves. 
B) lose confidence in the healthcare system. 
C) develop attentional and interpretive biases. 
D) develop traumatic memories. 
E) develop healthy eating and fitness habits. 
A) doubt themselves. 
B) lose confidence in the healthcare system. 
C) develop attentional and interpretive biases. 
D) develop traumatic memories. 
E) develop healthy eating and fitness habits.

Question 7

What are the various personalities in a person with dissociative identity disorder called? How many of these personalities must there be for a diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder?

Accepted Answer

The various personalities are

Question 8

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 9

Heather has suddenly left home and has lost all memory of herself and her past life.She is most likely suffering from

Accepted Answer

A) repression. 
B) depersonalization/derealization disorder. 
C) dissociative amnesia. 
D) dissociative amnesia with fugue. 
E) dissociative identity disorder. 
A) repression. 
B) depersonalization/derealization disorder. 
C) dissociative amnesia. 
D) dissociative amnesia with fugue. 
E) dissociative identity disorder.

Question 10

Somatic symptom disorder shares similarities with panic disorder.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

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 12

Nick Spanos was a leading proponent of the ___________ model of DID.

Accepted Answer

A) iatrogenic 
B) trauma 
C) medical 
D) socio-cognitive 
E) repressed memory 
A) iatrogenic 
B) trauma 
C) medical 
D) socio-cognitive 
E) repressed memory

Question 13

Canadian psychologist Nick Spanos was an articulate supporter of the diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

DSM-5 criteria for conversion disorder requires determination of whether a genuine medical condition is present.

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

Social learning theory proposes that individuals who report unexplained symptoms:

Accepted Answer

A) learn how to adopt the sick role from their family physician. 
B) learn to adopt the sick role to please their parents. 
C) develop a fear of illness via classical conditioning. 
D) develop a fear of illness via operant conditioning. 
E) observe and internalize the health-related opinions and behaviours of close others. 
A) learn how to adopt the sick role from their family physician. 
B) learn to adopt the sick role to please their parents. 
C) develop a fear of illness via classical conditioning. 
D) develop a fear of illness via operant conditioning. 
E) observe and internalize the health-related opinions and behaviours of close others.

Question 17

Hippocrates believed that the dissociative and somatic symptom disorders were caused by a wandering uterus.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following is true of the transition from one alter to another?

Accepted Answer

A) It is often called the "transfer". 
B) It cannot be artificially precipitated,such as through hypnotic suggestion. 
C) It is often precipitated by stress or other identifiable cues in the environment. 
D) It happens gradually,with the dominant alter fading and the new one growing stronger. 
E) It is always obvious when a transition between alters has occurred. 
A) It is often called the "transfer". 
B) It cannot be artificially precipitated,such as through hypnotic suggestion. 
C) It is often precipitated by stress or other identifiable cues in the environment. 
D) It happens gradually,with the dominant alter fading and the new one growing stronger. 
E) It is always obvious when a transition between alters has occurred.

Question 19

List the somatic symptom and related disorders and summarize your impression of the current status of this diagnostic category.What are the scientific reasons for keeping this category and the disorders within?.

Accepted Answer

The somatic symptom and related disorder

Question 20

Conversion disorder is characterized by voluntary motor or sensory symptoms that reflect underlying neurological,although not anatomical,dysfunction.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Recent research suggests that conversion symptoms in people with conversion disorder result from

Describe five patterns of memory loss characteristic of dissociative amnesia.

With regard to brain correlates of depersonalization/derealization,the textbook cites research that suggests ____ play(s)a role.

The term la belle indifference refers to

____ is the DSM-5 label for the disorder in which certain aspects of a person's identity become detached or dissociated;it was formerly known as .

According to theories of health anxiety,the development of dysfunctional beliefs about illness leads an individual to:

What are the various personalities in a person with dissociative identity disorder called? How many of these personalities must there be for a diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder?

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

Heather has suddenly left home and has lost all memory of herself and her past life.She is most likely suffering from

Somatic symptom disorder shares similarities with panic disorder.

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 __.

Nick Spanos was a leading proponent of the ___________ model of DID.

Canadian psychologist Nick Spanos was an articulate supporter of the diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder.

DSM-5 criteria for conversion disorder requires determination of whether a genuine medical condition is present.

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.

Social learning theory proposes that individuals who report unexplained symptoms:

Hippocrates believed that the dissociative and somatic symptom disorders were caused by a wandering uterus.

Which of the following is true of the transition from one alter to another?

List the somatic symptom and related disorders and summarize your impression of the current status of this diagnostic category.What are the scientific reasons for keeping this category and the disorders within?.

Conversion disorder is characterized by voluntary motor or sensory symptoms that reflect underlying neurological,although not anatomical,dysfunction.

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Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

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Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders

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Exam 6: Dissociative Disorder and Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders

Recent research suggests that conversion symptoms in people with conversion disorder result from

Describe five patterns of memory loss characteristic of dissociative amnesia.

With regard to brain correlates of depersonalization/derealization,the textbook cites research that suggests ____ play(s)a role.

The term la belle indifference refers to

__________ is the DSM-5 label for the disorder in which certain aspects of a person's identity become detached or dissociated;it was formerly known as ______.

According to theories of health anxiety,the development of dysfunctional beliefs about illness leads an individual to:

What are the various personalities in a person with dissociative identity disorder called? How many of these personalities must there be for a diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder?

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

Heather has suddenly left home and has lost all memory of herself and her past life.She is most likely suffering from

Somatic symptom disorder shares similarities with panic disorder.

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 ____.

Nick Spanos was a leading proponent of the ___________ model of DID.

Canadian psychologist Nick Spanos was an articulate supporter of the diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder.

DSM-5 criteria for conversion disorder requires determination of whether a genuine medical condition is present.

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.

Social learning theory proposes that individuals who report unexplained symptoms:

Hippocrates believed that the dissociative and somatic symptom disorders were caused by a wandering uterus.

Which of the following is true of the transition from one alter to another?

List the somatic symptom and related disorders and summarize your impression of the current status of this diagnostic category.What are the scientific reasons for keeping this category and the disorders within?.

Conversion disorder is characterized by voluntary motor or sensory symptoms that reflect underlying neurological,although not anatomical,dysfunction.

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

Aging and Mental Health

Therapies

Prevention and Mental Health Promotion in the Community

Mental Disorder and the Law

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____ is the DSM-5 label for the disorder in which certain aspects of a person's identity become detached or dissociated;it was formerly known as .

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 __.

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.