Question 1

Since Jane suffers from illness anxiety disorder,we can expect her to see her physician

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A) often and feel completely reassured that there is nothing wrong with her health. 
B) rarely but continue to believe that she is quite ill. 
C) almost never because she does not trust physicians. 
D) often but continue to be anxious about her health anyway. 
A) often and feel completely reassured that there is nothing wrong with her health. 
B) rarely but continue to believe that she is quite ill. 
C) almost never because she does not trust physicians. 
D) often but continue to be anxious about her health anyway.

Question 2

Jason suddenly notices that the world looks weird to him.Some objects look bigger than normal and others look smaller.Cars passing by seem oddly shaped,and people appear dead or mechanical.Joe is experiencing

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A) derealization. 
B) depersonalization. 
C) classic early psychosis symptoms. 
D) mania. 
A) derealization. 
B) depersonalization. 
C) classic early psychosis symptoms. 
D) mania.

Question 3

In factitious disorders,the patient

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A) voluntarily makes up symptoms with no apparent motivation. 
B) is unaware that he/she is making up symptoms. 
C) truly experiences symptoms with no apparent physical cause. 
D) makes up symptoms in an effort to avoid work or to receive some other benefit. 
A) voluntarily makes up symptoms with no apparent motivation. 
B) is unaware that he/she is making up symptoms. 
C) truly experiences symptoms with no apparent physical cause. 
D) makes up symptoms in an effort to avoid work or to receive some other benefit.

Question 4

One of the individual differences that appears to help explain who is likely to develop dissociative identity disorder following childhood trauma is

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A) physical health. 
B) suggestibility. 
C) number of siblings. 
D) number of abusers. 
A) physical health. 
B) suggestibility. 
C) number of siblings. 
D) number of abusers.

Question 5

Which of the following statements is true about factitious disorders?

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A) Patients are usually revealed to be harboring a reason for malingering 
B) The symptoms are uncontrollable. 
C) There is no obvious reason for voluntarily producing symptoms. 
D) All of the above 
A) Patients are usually revealed to be harboring a reason for malingering 
B) The symptoms are uncontrollable. 
C) There is no obvious reason for voluntarily producing symptoms. 
D) All of the above

Question 6

Which of the following statements is true with regard to the treatment of somatic symptom disorders?

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A) Cognitive-behavioral treatment has been demonstrated in several studies to be a very effective treatment. 
B) It is relatively easy to treat as long as the patient is willing to participate in therapy. 
C) Primary care physicians can usually treat patients by educating and reassuring patients. 
D) They are difficult to treat and there are no treatments with proven effectiveness. 
A) Cognitive-behavioral treatment has been demonstrated in several studies to be a very effective treatment. 
B) It is relatively easy to treat as long as the patient is willing to participate in therapy. 
C) Primary care physicians can usually treat patients by educating and reassuring patients. 
D) They are difficult to treat and there are no treatments with proven effectiveness.

Question 7

Somatic symptom disorder and illness anxiety disorder have all of the following in common

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A) They are both outdated terms that are no longer officially part of the DSM 
B) They are both associated with frequent visits to the doctor 
C) Disease conviction is a core feature of both disorders 
D) For both, the essential problem is anxiety 
A) They are both outdated terms that are no longer officially part of the DSM 
B) They are both associated with frequent visits to the doctor 
C) Disease conviction is a core feature of both disorders 
D) For both, the essential problem is anxiety

Question 8

A main difference between somatic symptom disorder and illness anxiety disorder is

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A) Somatic symptom disorder has a real medical basis and illness anxiety disorder does not 
B) Somatic symptom disorder is heritable and illness anxiety is not 
C) Somatic symptom disorder is associated with physical exacerbation of real symptoms, whereas illness anxiety disorder is associated with distorted beliefs about normal bodily function 
D) None; the two terms refer to the same disorder in DSM-5. 
A) Somatic symptom disorder has a real medical basis and illness anxiety disorder does not 
B) Somatic symptom disorder is heritable and illness anxiety is not 
C) Somatic symptom disorder is associated with physical exacerbation of real symptoms, whereas illness anxiety disorder is associated with distorted beliefs about normal bodily function 
D) None; the two terms refer to the same disorder in DSM-5.

Question 9

The causes of dissociative identity disorder appear to be

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A) physical abuse. 
B) sexual abuse. 
C) witness to a traumatic event. 
D) any of the above 
A) physical abuse. 
B) sexual abuse. 
C) witness to a traumatic event. 
D) any of the above

Question 10

Regarding evidence for the scientific validity of dissociative identity disorder,the most accurate statement is that

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A) most patients are faking. 
B) research suggests that faking dissociative experiences is possible. 
C) it is virtually impossible to fake the types of changes that occur in dissociative identity disorder. 
D) objective tests can always determine which patients are faking dissociative identity disorder. 
A) most patients are faking. 
B) research suggests that faking dissociative experiences is possible. 
C) it is virtually impossible to fake the types of changes that occur in dissociative identity disorder. 
D) objective tests can always determine which patients are faking dissociative identity disorder.

Question 11

Brain imaging studies have found that depersonalization is associated with all of the following

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A) Deficits in perception 
B) Deficits in emotion regulation 
C) Dysregulation in the HPA axis 
D) Dysregulation of the visual cortices 
A) Deficits in perception 
B) Deficits in emotion regulation 
C) Dysregulation in the HPA axis 
D) Dysregulation of the visual cortices

Question 12

One comorbidity study found that the average number of additional psychological disorders that individuals with dissociative identity disorder are diagnosed with is

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A) one. 
B) two. 
C) four. 
D) seven or more. 
A) one. 
B) two. 
C) four. 
D) seven or more.

Question 13

Without treatment,it is expected that dissociative identity disorder will last

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A) 10 years. 
B) a lifetime. 
C) several months. 
D) 20 years. 
A) 10 years. 
B) a lifetime. 
C) several months. 
D) 20 years.

Question 14

Loss of physical functioning without any physical cause is most likely a case of

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A) conversion disorder. 
B) Illness anxiety disorder. 
C) Somatic symptom disorder 
D) None of the above. 
A) conversion disorder. 
B) Illness anxiety disorder. 
C) Somatic symptom disorder 
D) None of the above.

Question 15

The average length of time between an individual's first symptoms of dissociative identity disorder and the identification and diagnosis of the disorder by a professional is

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A) 1 year. 
B) 20 years. 
C) less than 1 month. 
D) 7 years. 
A) 1 year. 
B) 20 years. 
C) less than 1 month. 
D) 7 years.

Question 16

During a dissociative fugue state,it is not uncommon for individuals to

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A) commit suicide. 
B) see the world as a strange and foreign place. 
C) take on a new identity. 
D) Involuntarily contact friends and family. 
A) commit suicide. 
B) see the world as a strange and foreign place. 
C) take on a new identity. 
D) Involuntarily contact friends and family.

Question 17

In dissociative identity disorder,the "host" personality usually

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A) is of a gender opposite to that of the individual. 
B) becomes overwhelmed trying to hold all of the personality fragments together. 
C) is the "leader" of the multiple identities 
D) is well aware of each personality and everything that happens while each personality is active. 
A) is of a gender opposite to that of the individual. 
B) becomes overwhelmed trying to hold all of the personality fragments together. 
C) is the "leader" of the multiple identities 
D) is well aware of each personality and everything that happens while each personality is active.

Question 18

Depersonalization is defined as

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A) altered perception including loss of the sense of one's own reality. 
B) altered perception involving loss of the sense of reality of the external world. 
C) vivid hallucinations. 
D) the feeling that one is no longer a person. 
A) altered perception including loss of the sense of one's own reality. 
B) altered perception involving loss of the sense of reality of the external world. 
C) vivid hallucinations. 
D) the feeling that one is no longer a person.

Question 19

Describe the similarities and differences between illness anxiety disorder and somatic symptom disorder.

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Somatic symptom disorder shares some fea

Question 20

A 30-year-old woman "recovers" memories of childhood sexual abuse,the existence of which she was seemingly and previously unaware.Explain what is currently known about the accuracy of recovered memories.Can we determine whether these memories are accurate?

Accepted Answer

A controversial issue in abnormal psycho

Since Jane suffers from illness anxiety disorder,we can expect her to see her physician

Jason suddenly notices that the world looks weird to him.Some objects look bigger than normal and others look smaller.Cars passing by seem oddly shaped,and people appear dead or mechanical.Joe is experiencing

In factitious disorders,the patient

One of the individual differences that appears to help explain who is likely to develop dissociative identity disorder following childhood trauma is

Which of the following statements is true about factitious disorders?

Which of the following statements is true with regard to the treatment of somatic symptom disorders?

Somatic symptom disorder and illness anxiety disorder have all of the following in common

A main difference between somatic symptom disorder and illness anxiety disorder is

The causes of dissociative identity disorder appear to be

Regarding evidence for the scientific validity of dissociative identity disorder,the most accurate statement is that

Brain imaging studies have found that depersonalization is associated with all of the following

One comorbidity study found that the average number of additional psychological disorders that individuals with dissociative identity disorder are diagnosed with is

Without treatment,it is expected that dissociative identity disorder will last

Loss of physical functioning without any physical cause is most likely a case of

The average length of time between an individual's first symptoms of dissociative identity disorder and the identification and diagnosis of the disorder by a professional is

During a dissociative fugue state,it is not uncommon for individuals to

In dissociative identity disorder,the "host" personality usually

Depersonalization is defined as

Describe the similarities and differences between illness anxiety disorder and somatic symptom disorder.

A 30-year-old woman "recovers" memories of childhood sexual abuse,the existence of which she was seemingly and previously unaware.Explain what is currently known about the accuracy of recovered memories.Can we determine whether these memories are accurate?

Abnormal Behavior in Historical Context.

An Integrative Approach to Psychopathology.

Clinical Assessment, Diagnosis, and Research in Psychopathology

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

Mood Disorders and Suicide

Physical Disorders and Health Psychology

Eating and Sleep Wake Disorders

Sexual Dysfunctions, Paraphilic Disorders, and Gender Dysphoria

Substance-Related, Addictive, and Impulse-Control Disorders

Personality Disorders.

Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

Neurodevelopmental and Neurocognitive Disorders

Mental Health Services: Legal and Ethical Issues

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Exam 5: Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders and Dissociative Disorders

Since Jane suffers from illness anxiety disorder,we can expect her to see her physician

Jason suddenly notices that the world looks weird to him.Some objects look bigger than normal and others look smaller.Cars passing by seem oddly shaped,and people appear dead or mechanical.Joe is experiencing

In factitious disorders,the patient

One of the individual differences that appears to help explain who is likely to develop dissociative identity disorder following childhood trauma is

Which of the following statements is true about factitious disorders?

Which of the following statements is true with regard to the treatment of somatic symptom disorders?

Somatic symptom disorder and illness anxiety disorder have all of the following in common

A main difference between somatic symptom disorder and illness anxiety disorder is

The causes of dissociative identity disorder appear to be

Regarding evidence for the scientific validity of dissociative identity disorder,the most accurate statement is that

Brain imaging studies have found that depersonalization is associated with all of the following

One comorbidity study found that the average number of additional psychological disorders that individuals with dissociative identity disorder are diagnosed with is

Without treatment,it is expected that dissociative identity disorder will last

Loss of physical functioning without any physical cause is most likely a case of

The average length of time between an individual's first symptoms of dissociative identity disorder and the identification and diagnosis of the disorder by a professional is

During a dissociative fugue state,it is not uncommon for individuals to

In dissociative identity disorder,the "host" personality usually

Depersonalization is defined as

Describe the similarities and differences between illness anxiety disorder and somatic symptom disorder.

A 30-year-old woman "recovers" memories of childhood sexual abuse,the existence of which she was seemingly and previously unaware.Explain what is currently known about the accuracy of recovered memories.Can we determine whether these memories are accurate?

Abnormal Behavior in Historical Context.

An Integrative Approach to Psychopathology.

Clinical Assessment, Diagnosis, and Research in Psychopathology

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

Mood Disorders and Suicide

Physical Disorders and Health Psychology

Eating and Sleep Wake Disorders

Sexual Dysfunctions, Paraphilic Disorders, and Gender Dysphoria

Substance-Related, Addictive, and Impulse-Control Disorders

Personality Disorders.

Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

Neurodevelopmental and Neurocognitive Disorders

Mental Health Services: Legal and Ethical Issues

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