Exam 7: Somatic Symptom Disorders and Dissociative Disorders

Somatoform and dissociative disorders are similar in that both:

Malingering is another term for factitious disorder.

Julie experienced inexplicable blindness. She visited several ophthalmologists, all of whom indicated there was no physical basis for her blindness. She most likely has:

The categorization of depersonalization as a dissociative disorder is controversial because

Which of the following was NOT a finding in Ross et al.'s (1990)study on dissociative experiences in a Winnipeg sample of 1,055 adults:

Dissociative amnesia may be distinguished from brain injury by:

A study by Lim and Kim (2005)suggests that individuals diagnosed with somatization disorder have a memory bias for information related to:

When there is no physical or medical cause for a physical disorder, a person likely has a somatoform disorder.

How does dissociative fugue develop? How does this condition differ from dissociative amnesia?

Social and cultural factors do not influence the development of conversion disorder.

Carpal tunnel syndrome shares symptoms with conversion disorder.

One explanation for the development of somatoform disorders is a person's over concern with bodily sensations.

Which of the following were stated in your text as a limitation of the Ross et al. (1990)study on the common experience of dissociative experiences?

Rap singer Eminem claims that during his childhood he suffered from:

Hypochondriasis is defined as:

Which of the following is a symptom of conversion disorder?

Which of the following is most similar to somatization disorder?

In the case study of hypochondriasis involving James V., Mr. V. scratched himself tenaciously because he was convinced that:

Most conversion symptoms suggest:

Somatoform disorders are rooted in consciousness, whereas dissociative disorders are rooted in physical symptoms.