Exam 9: Dissociative and Somatic Symptom Disorders

When a person does not change anything about the situation itself but instead tries to improve his or her feelings about the situation, he or she is engaging in_____________ coping.

In emotion-focused coping, the individual reduces stress by changing whatever it is about the situation that makes it stressful.

_____ is an interdisciplinary approach to medical conditions affected by psychological factors that is rooted in learning theory.

The inability of an individual to remember important information about a set of events in his/her life that is not due to is called

Individuals who are at increased risk for developing heart disease because of their tendency to inhibit the expression of negative emotions when they are in social situations belong to _____ personalities.

Factitious disorder imposed on another involves a person inducing physical symptoms in another person who is under that individual's care.

Match the term to the appropriate description or definition. -Somatic symptom disorder

Martin always seemed to be looking for new clinics and physicians to get rid of a persistent back pain, the cause of which could not be ascertained despite several medical check-ups. Since physicians were unable to find the possible reason for his physical pain and he was not convinced with the medical test results, Martin was advised to consult a psychiatrist. In this instance, with which of the following is he most likely to be diagnosed?

Individuals with dissociative identity disorder have learned to cope with extremely stressful life circumstances by creating _____ personalities that unconsciously control their thinking and behavior when they are experiencing stress.

People with illness anxiety disorder fear or mistakenly believe that

_____ raise intriguing questions about the ways in which people's sense of self over time, memory, and sense of reality can become fragmented.

Hypnotherapy can be used to treat

A caregiver who feigns or deliberately exaggerates the illness of the person who is placed under his/her care displays a condition, which is referred to as _____ in psychology.

Match the term to the appropriate description or definition. -Dissociative amnesia

Match the term to the appropriate description or definition. -Problem-focused coping

Maria Thomas, a homemaker, is suffering from illness anxiety disorder. Her treatment involves the use of cognitivebehavioral therapy, which is the most promising approach for treating people with illness anxiety disorder. This kind of therapy focuses on

The _____ system mediates a person's responses to stress.

Identify some of the factors that make it difficult to treat individuals with dissociative identity disorder.

Distinguish between the following disorders: somatic symptom disorder, malingering, and factitious disorder.

Distinguish between stress, stressor, and coping.