Exam 10: Disorders Featuring Somatic Symptoms

Intentionally feigning illness to achieve some external gain is described as:

The relationship between gender and somatic symptom disorder generally is that:

The way a person generally responds to life reflects that person's:

Therapists who take a reinforcement approach while treating a conversion disorder would be MOST likely to focus on:

The use of electrical signals from the body to train people to control physiological processes is called:

Compare and contrast conversion disorder and somatic symptom disorder.

Which is likely to be useful in distinguishing conversion or somatic symptom disorders from true medical problems?

Psychophysiological disorders differ from fictitious disorders in that:

A symptom commonly associated with an ulcer is:

The process of teaching people to identify and eventually rid themselves of unpleasant thoughts that emerge during pain episodes is called:

A therapist treating a client with illness anxiety disorder repeatedly shows the client how the client's body is less than perfect, while not allowing the client to seek medical attention. MOST likely, the therapist's viewpoint is:

_____ has been of some help in treating headaches, insomnia, asthma, diabetes, pain, certain vascular diseases, and the undesirable effects of certain cancer treatments.

A professional has evidence that a patient has intentionally faked her illness. To determine whether the patient is malingering or experiencing a factitious disorder, what must be examined?

Which individual is LEAST likely to suffer from factitious disorder?

Researchers have examined the relationship between the sleep people need and the sleep people get. Based on their findings, which of the following statements is generally TRUE?

Stress-related writing has been found to be beneficial for patients with either HIV infection or cancer. This is an example of the effectiveness of:

The most common type of activity people perform when they want to relieve stress is engaging in:

Which is a foreign invader of the body?

Behaviorists believe that the fears found in illness anxiety disorder have been acquired through:

The leading cause of death globally, resulting in 17 million deaths worldwide each year, is: