Exam 6: Disorders of Trauma and Stress

A child in an extremely abusive family situation often seems to become deaf to the verbal abuse and insensitive to the physical abuse, as if the child simply wasn't there experiencing the abuse. One explanation for this behavior is:

Which research finding supports the idea that individuals may inherit a predisposition to posttraumatic stress disorder?

A flash flood hits a small Appalachian community. Those providing a critical incident stress debriefing intervention would:

Those MOST likely to experience substantial stress symptoms after the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001, were those who lived:

A friend says to you, "I know someone who is a combat veteran who was just diagnosed with PTSD. Do you think therapy will help this person?" Which is the BEST answer you can give based on current research?

What is debriefing? Based on current research, what are the pros and cons of using this technique?

Trevor has posttraumatic stress disorder and reports symptoms of derealization. He is:

The individuals who are MOST likely to experience a psychological stress disorder are:

A person who witnessed a horrible car accident and then became unusually anxious and depressed for three weeks is probably experiencing:

An individual who formerly knew how to speak a foreign language and play a musical instrument can no longer remember how to do so as a result of a dissociative disorder. The dissociative disorder MOST likely present is:

Just before 8 A.M. (when my first class meets), my young daughter did something that annoyed me as I was about to leave home for the short drive to campus. "Katie," I said, "what do I always say at a time like this?" She looked at the clock, and then said to me, "What you say is, 'Where are my keys?'" My daughter was apparently familiar with my:

Which is the BEST example of the subpersonalities in dissociative identity disorder differing in identifying features?

Laurent has three subpersonalities. Fiona emerges when Laurent is in an awkward social situation, Grace surfaces during sporting events, and Carlos appears when Laurent is angry. The therapist believes that the mood and conditions under which each subpersonality appears are critical to understanding this disorder, demonstrating a belief in:

The part of the body that releases hormones into the bloodstream is the _____ system.

A person experiencing multiple personalities would MOST accurately be diagnosed with dissociative:

A pattern of anxiety, insomnia, depression, and flashbacks that persists for years after a traumatic event BEST describes:

Memory problems that do not interfere with daily living are referred to as:

Norepinephrine is to _____ as corticosteroid is to _____.

Modern studies suggest that the average number of subpersonalities in cases of dissociative identity disorder is about _____ for women and _____ for men.

An individual with _____ displays two or more distinct personalities and periodically switches from one to another.