Question 1

Freidl et al.'s (2007) survey on stigma sampled which population?

Accepted Answer

A) General population without any mental disorders 
B) Individuals related to someone with a mental disorder 
C) Individuals with somatic symptom disorders 
D) Individuals with dissociative disorders 
A) General population without any mental disorders 
B) Individuals related to someone with a mental disorder 
C) Individuals with somatic symptom disorders 
D) Individuals with dissociative disorders

Question 2

Additional distinct personalities within a person who occasionally supplant the host personality and interact with others are

Accepted Answer

A) hosted personalities. 
B) transient personalities. 
C) temporary personalities. 
D) subpersonalities. 
A) hosted personalities. 
B) transient personalities. 
C) temporary personalities. 
D) subpersonalities.

Question 3

Illness behavior is a key concept of somatic symptom disorders.Which of the following is NOT a type of illness behavior as described in the textbook?

Accepted Answer

A) Resting in bed 
B) Seeing a physician 
C) Practicing la belle indifference 
D) Taking medication 
A) Resting in bed 
B) Seeing a physician 
C) Practicing la belle indifference 
D) Taking medication

Question 4

Malingering of false symptoms is aimed at

Accepted Answer

A) external motivation such as avoidance or exploitation. 
B) keeping one's status level elevated. 
C) excusing away imperfections by rationalization. 
D) hanging around looking like you are up to no good. 
A) external motivation such as avoidance or exploitation. 
B) keeping one's status level elevated. 
C) excusing away imperfections by rationalization. 
D) hanging around looking like you are up to no good.

Question 5

Identify the causes and prevention of dissociative disorders.

Accepted Answer

Student responses should include
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Question 6

With regard to somatic symptom disorder outcomes, as with all mental disorders,

Accepted Answer

A) it is completely random as to how a person responds. 
B) the more severe the symptoms, the more difficult the treatment. 
C) the more subtle the symptoms, the more elusive the cause. 
D) the more comorbidity, the better. 
A) it is completely random as to how a person responds. 
B) the more severe the symptoms, the more difficult the treatment. 
C) the more subtle the symptoms, the more elusive the cause. 
D) the more comorbidity, the better.

Question 7

The most common medications for treating persons with somatic symptom disorder has been

Accepted Answer

A) selective serotonergic reuptake inhibitors. 
B) tricyclics. 
C) antipsychotics. 
D) MAO inhibitors. 
A) selective serotonergic reuptake inhibitors. 
B) tricyclics. 
C) antipsychotics. 
D) MAO inhibitors.

Question 8

Ronda has a somatic symptom disorder.She complains constantly of headaches, but no medical explanation can be found.In fact, Ronda's head does not actually hurt, but she interprets any sensation in her head as a headache and sign of a serious medical problem.This is an example of the role of in causing a somatic symptom disorder.Some people with somatoform disorder misinterpret sensory experiences as real and dangerous symptoms of a serious medical problem.

Accepted Answer

A) misperception 
B) conceptualization 
C) overcontrol 
D) inattention 
A) misperception 
B) conceptualization 
C) overcontrol 
D) inattention

Question 9

What is a key difference between somatic symptom disorder and illness anxiety disorder?

Accepted Answer

A) People with somatic symptom disorder complain about their symptoms in vague terms 
B) People with illness anxiety disorder have few thoughts about having an illness 
C) People with somatic symptom disorder rarely visit medical doctors 
D) People with illness anxiety disorder must not display autosuggestibility as part of the disorder 
A) People with somatic symptom disorder complain about their symptoms in vague terms 
B) People with illness anxiety disorder have few thoughts about having an illness 
C) People with somatic symptom disorder rarely visit medical doctors 
D) People with illness anxiety disorder must not display autosuggestibility as part of the disorder

Question 10

Which disorder has the highest prevalence rate?

Accepted Answer

A) Somatic symptom disorder 
B) Illness anxiety disorder 
C) Conversion disorder 
D) All of these disorders have similar prevalence rates 
A) Somatic symptom disorder 
B) Illness anxiety disorder 
C) Conversion disorder 
D) All of these disorders have similar prevalence rates

Question 11

People with dissociative identity disorder often have

Accepted Answer

A) a host personality and subpersonalities. 
B) delusions of grandeur and hallucinations. 
C) problems knowing who they actually may be. 
D) intermittent periods of reality and psychosis. 
A) a host personality and subpersonalities. 
B) delusions of grandeur and hallucinations. 
C) problems knowing who they actually may be. 
D) intermittent periods of reality and psychosis.

Question 12

Stressful life events relate closely to the of conversion disorder symptoms.

Accepted Answer

A) type 
B) formation 
C) exacerbation 
D) severity 
A) type 
B) formation 
C) exacerbation 
D) severity

Question 13

Exposure, response prevention, and cognitive therapy helped of people with illness anxiety disorder show meaningful improvement.

Accepted Answer

A) 10% 
B) 25% 
C) 50% 
D) 75% 
A) 10% 
B) 25% 
C) 50% 
D) 75%

Question 14

Genetics likely play a(n) role in explaining somatic symptom disorders.

Accepted Answer

A) large 
B) moderate 
C) limited 
D) unrelated 
A) large 
B) moderate 
C) limited 
D) unrelated

Question 15

Typical assessment techniques for somatic symptom disorder should include

Accepted Answer

A) psychoanalysis. 
B) interviews, questionnaires, and personality assessment. 
C) expert testimony, projective tests, and physical exam. 
D) direct and indirect questioning and functional analysis. 
A) psychoanalysis. 
B) interviews, questionnaires, and personality assessment. 
C) expert testimony, projective tests, and physical exam. 
D) direct and indirect questioning and functional analysis.

Question 16

John's therapist notes symptoms in him that include greater difficulty concentrating and feeling more alienated from his environment, greater worry about minor dissociation such as sitting in a car at the supermarket and wondering how he arrived there, and highway hypnosis.John will most likely be diagnosed as having dissociation at the level.

Accepted Answer

A) normal 
B) mild 
C) moderate 
D) severe 
A) normal 
B) mild 
C) moderate 
D) severe

Question 17

Strategies to prevent the development of somatic symptom disorders may include

Accepted Answer

A) educating children and parents about dangerous and nondangerous physical symptoms. 
B) attending to serious but not common bodily changes. 
C) helping youths cope with traumatic events and related mental disorders. 
D) all of these are strategies to prevent somatic symptom disorder development. 
A) educating children and parents about dangerous and nondangerous physical symptoms. 
B) attending to serious but not common bodily changes. 
C) helping youths cope with traumatic events and related mental disorders. 
D) all of these are strategies to prevent somatic symptom disorder development.

Question 18

Lara's son is constantly ill.While she is by her son's bedside in the hospital, one of the nurses observes Lara injecting her son with a solution that is causing his illness.Lara may have

Accepted Answer

A) Munchauesen syndrome. 
B) Munchauesen syndrome by proxy. 
C) malingering. 
D) malingering by proxy. 
A) Munchauesen syndrome. 
B) Munchauesen syndrome by proxy. 
C) malingering. 
D) malingering by proxy.

Question 19

Receiving social reinforcement for somatic complaints may be referred to as

Accepted Answer

A) primary gain. 
B) tertiary gain. 
C) secondary gain. 
D) psychosomatic gain. 
A) primary gain. 
B) tertiary gain. 
C) secondary gain. 
D) psychosomatic gain.

Question 20

A person with dissociative identity disorder is to be someone different, such as when an adult acts and talks like a child.

Accepted Answer

A) pretending 
B) practicing 
C) not pretending 
D) trying 
A) pretending 
B) practicing 
C) not pretending 
D) trying

Freidl et al.'s (2007) survey on stigma sampled which population?

Additional distinct personalities within a person who occasionally supplant the host personality and interact with others are

Illness behavior is a key concept of somatic symptom disorders.Which of the following is NOT a type of illness behavior as described in the textbook?

Malingering of false symptoms is aimed at

Identify the causes and prevention of dissociative disorders.

With regard to somatic symptom disorder outcomes, as with all mental disorders,

The most common medications for treating persons with somatic symptom disorder has been

What is a key difference between somatic symptom disorder and illness anxiety disorder?

Which disorder has the highest prevalence rate?

People with dissociative identity disorder often have

Stressful life events relate closely to the of conversion disorder symptoms.

Exposure, response prevention, and cognitive therapy helped of people with illness anxiety disorder show meaningful improvement.

Genetics likely play a(n) role in explaining somatic symptom disorders.

Typical assessment techniques for somatic symptom disorder should include

Strategies to prevent the development of somatic symptom disorders may include

Lara's son is constantly ill.While she is by her son's bedside in the hospital, one of the nurses observes Lara injecting her son with a solution that is causing his illness.Lara may have

Receiving social reinforcement for somatic complaints may be referred to as

A person with dissociative identity disorder is to be someone different, such as when an adult acts and talks like a child.

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Exam 6: Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders

Freidl et al.'s (2007) survey on stigma sampled which population?

Additional distinct personalities within a person who occasionally supplant the host personality and interact with others are

Illness behavior is a key concept of somatic symptom disorders.Which of the following is NOT a type of illness behavior as described in the textbook?

Malingering of false symptoms is aimed at

Identify the causes and prevention of dissociative disorders.

With regard to somatic symptom disorder outcomes, as with all mental disorders,

The most common medications for treating persons with somatic symptom disorder has been

What is a key difference between somatic symptom disorder and illness anxiety disorder?

Which disorder has the highest prevalence rate?

People with dissociative identity disorder often have

Stressful life events relate closely to the of conversion disorder symptoms.

Exposure, response prevention, and cognitive therapy helped of people with illness anxiety disorder show meaningful improvement.

Genetics likely play a(n) role in explaining somatic symptom disorders.

Typical assessment techniques for somatic symptom disorder should include

Strategies to prevent the development of somatic symptom disorders may include

Lara's son is constantly ill.While she is by her son's bedside in the hospital, one of the nurses observes Lara injecting her son with a solution that is causing his illness.Lara may have

Receiving social reinforcement for somatic complaints may be referred to as

A person with dissociative identity disorder is to be someone different, such as when an adult acts and talks like a child.

Abnormal Psychology and Life

Perspectives on Abnormal Psychology

Risk and Prevention of Mental Disorders

Diagnosis, Assessment, and Study of Mental Disorders

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

Mood Disorders and Suicide

Eating Disorders

Substance-Related Disorders

Personality Disorders

Sexual Dysfunctions and Disorders and Gender Identity Disorder

Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders

Developmental and Disruptive Behavior Disorders

Cognitive Disorders

Consumer Guide to Abnormal Psychology

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