Exam 10: Disorders Featuring Somatic Symptoms

A woman has close female relatives diagnosed with a somatization pattern of somatic symptom disorder. According to research, her probability of being diagnosed with the same disorder is approximately:

A shortcoming of Holmes and Rahe's Social Readjustment Rating Scale is that it:

Relaxation training differs from mediation in that:

If a man's behavior elicited kindness and sympathy from his wife when he was mute, he would be receiving _____ gains from his behavior.

Stress leads to increased activity by the:

A person who intentionally produces or fakes physical symptoms simply out of a wish to be a patient might be diagnosed with a:

A contributing factor that partly explains why African Americans have more health problems than non-Hispanic white Americans is that:

Abnormalities that are thought to have both biological and psychological causes are diagnosed as:

Dominic has difficulty falling asleep almost each night and once he finally does doze off, he awakens easily. Dominic is suffering from:

Oversensitivity of the _____ can cause a person to respond to mildly stressful events as if they were significant events.

Isaac had finally had enough of his inability to walk. He went to therapy and eventually addressed a traumatic car crash from his past. Over time, he began to walk again. According to his psychodynamic therapist, why did these positive changes occur?

What differentiates illness anxiety disorder from traditional psychophysiological disorders?

_____ are believed to result from narrowing of the blood vessels followed by expansion of those same vessels.

_____ seems to be particularly helpful in the control of pain.

A person whose symptoms fulfill some external need, such as avoiding something unpleasant, is achieving _____ gain.

Because of similarities in presentation, people with illness anxiety disorder often receive the same kinds of treatments used to address symptoms of:

A researcher conducts studies to better understand how exposure to stress affects the immune system. This researcher is practicing in the field of:

From a psychodynamic perspective, people whose symptoms keep their internal conflicts from emerging into consciousness achieve _____ gain.

Shortness of breath, wheezing, coughing, and a choking sensation are symptoms commonly associated with:

The current term for the disorder in which people unrealistically and fearfully interpret relatively minor physical discomforts as signs of serious illness is _____.