Question 1

1-25.Which of the following was once viewed as form of "hysteria"?

Accepted Answer

A) conversion disorder 
B) dissociative identity disorder 
C) dissociative fugue 
D) hypochondriasis 
A) conversion disorder 
B) dissociative identity disorder 
C) dissociative fugue 
D) hypochondriasis

Question 2

1-20.Ryan has diabetes but has no trouble functioning.One day,his wife informs him that she is leaving him.Ryan suddenly develops terrible pain in his back,to the point he is unable to get out of bed.His wife agrees to stay for "a while" to take care of him.Ryan probably has

Accepted Answer

A) somatization disorder. 
B) pain disorder associated with psychological factors. 
C) pain disorder associated with both psychological factors and a general medical condition. 
D) body dysmorphic disorder. 
A) somatization disorder. 
B) pain disorder associated with psychological factors. 
C) pain disorder associated with both psychological factors and a general medical condition. 
D) body dysmorphic disorder.

Question 3

Sara notices a lump on her side.She goes to her physician because she is worried that it is cancer.The physician sends her for a biopsy.During the three weeks between first noticing the lump and getting her results that it is not cancer,Sara was almost unable to function.She felt constant anxiety and thought constantly about having cancer.After she found out that she did not have cancer,Sara felt much better.Sara

Accepted Answer

A) has hypochondriasis. 
B) has conversion disorder. 
C) has somatization disorder. 
D) has no mental disorder. 
A) has hypochondriasis. 
B) has conversion disorder. 
C) has somatization disorder. 
D) has no mental disorder.

Question 4

1-15.Somatization disorder,as defined in DSM-IV,

Accepted Answer

A) has been subsumed into somatic symptom disorder 
B) involves multiple symptoms involving one body part or function. 
C) involves the fear of having multiple different diseases. 
D) involves having pain in at least four different areas of the body. 
A) has been subsumed into somatic symptom disorder 
B) involves multiple symptoms involving one body part or function. 
C) involves the fear of having multiple different diseases. 
D) involves having pain in at least four different areas of the body.

Question 5

1-80.Your textbook authors report that rigorously designed and controlled studies on the treatment of dissociative identity disorder

Accepted Answer

A) have only examined psychodynamic forms of treatment. 
B) are widespread. 
C) demonstrate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavior therapy. 
D) are nonexistent. 
A) have only examined psychodynamic forms of treatment. 
B) are widespread. 
C) demonstrate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavior therapy. 
D) are nonexistent.

Question 6

Briefly describe somatization disorder.

Accepted Answer

Somatization characterized by multiple c

Question 7

1-54.Which of the following has been demonstrated about the effects of dissociative amnesias on memory?

Accepted Answer

A) Implicit memory is generally intact. 
B) Explicit memory is rarely affected. 
C) Episodic memory is not compromised. 
D) Semantic memory is most dramatically affected. 
A) Implicit memory is generally intact. 
B) Explicit memory is rarely affected. 
C) Episodic memory is not compromised. 
D) Semantic memory is most dramatically affected.

Question 8

1-18.Dan's various medical complaints and hospital stays finally led him to psychiatrist.After a thorough medical and psychological evaluation,the twenty-eight-year-old teacher and father of two was diagnosed with both depression and somatization disorder.What is atypical about this case summary?

Accepted Answer

A) Such diagnoses are usually made in adolescence. 
B) Somatization disorder is seen much more commonly in women. 
C) Somatization disorder and depression are rarely comorbid disorders. 
D) It is rare for an individual with somatization disorder to marry and have children. 
A) Such diagnoses are usually made in adolescence. 
B) Somatization disorder is seen much more commonly in women. 
C) Somatization disorder and depression are rarely comorbid disorders. 
D) It is rare for an individual with somatization disorder to marry and have children.

Question 9

1-59.Which of the following is most commonly true of the host identity in DID?

Accepted Answer

A) It does not answer to the person's actual name. 
B) It is always the most well-adjusted of the identities. 
C) It is the second or third alter to develop. 
D) It is not the original identity. 
A) It does not answer to the person's actual name. 
B) It is always the most well-adjusted of the identities. 
C) It is the second or third alter to develop. 
D) It is not the original identity.

Question 10

1-49.Gerard became amnesic,wandered away from home and assumed a completely new identity as a shoe salesman.He suffers from

Accepted Answer

A) dissociative fugue. 
B) dissociative identity disorder. 
C) malingering identity disorder. 
D) depersonalization. 
A) dissociative fugue. 
B) dissociative identity disorder. 
C) malingering identity disorder. 
D) depersonalization.

Question 11

Consciously faking symptoms is characteristic of

Accepted Answer

A) malingering. 
B) hypochondriasis. 
C) somatization disorder. 
D) somatic symptom disorder. 
A) malingering. 
B) hypochondriasis. 
C) somatization disorder. 
D) somatic symptom disorder.

Question 12

Conditions involving physical complaints or disabilities occurring in the absence of any physical pathology that could account for them are

Accepted Answer

A) hypochondriacal disorders. 
B) anxiety disorders. 
C) dissociative disorders. 
D) somatic symptom disorders. 
A) hypochondriacal disorders. 
B) anxiety disorders. 
C) dissociative disorders. 
D) somatic symptom disorders.

Question 13

Discuss the various controversies surrounding the role of abuse in the development of DID.What evidence is there to suggest that abuse does play a causal role in DID?

Accepted Answer

While a history of abuse is often report

Question 14

1-38.Which of the following disorders is characterized by a reluctance to discuss symptoms?

Accepted Answer

A) conversion 
B) hypochondriasis 
C) somatic symptom 
D) malingering 
A) conversion 
B) hypochondriasis 
C) somatic symptom 
D) malingering

Question 15

1-16.Somatization disorder and hypochondriasis are similar in that

Accepted Answer

A) both think they have a physical disease. 
B) both think that they can easily cope with their symptoms. 
C) both pay more attention to bodily sensations and see them as symptoms. 
D) both react to physical symptoms by becoming more physically active. 
A) both think they have a physical disease. 
B) both think that they can easily cope with their symptoms. 
C) both pay more attention to bodily sensations and see them as symptoms. 
D) both react to physical symptoms by becoming more physically active.

Question 16

1-23.People with pain disorder tend to

Accepted Answer

A) seem indifferent to their symptoms. 
B) have fewer somatic symptoms. 
C) report more pain than people whose somatic symptom pain disorder is related to a medical condition. 
D) be consistent in their report of pain,regardless of the stress they feel. 
A) seem indifferent to their symptoms. 
B) have fewer somatic symptoms. 
C) report more pain than people whose somatic symptom pain disorder is related to a medical condition. 
D) be consistent in their report of pain,regardless of the stress they feel.

Question 17

1-19.The most effective treatment to date for somatization disorder

Accepted Answer

A) increases psychological distress. 
B) results in only temporary changes in psychological symptoms. 
C) decreases healthcare expenditures. 
D) has not been shown to effect physical functioning. 
A) increases psychological distress. 
B) results in only temporary changes in psychological symptoms. 
C) decreases healthcare expenditures. 
D) has not been shown to effect physical functioning.

Question 18

1-66.Why has the term "multiple personality disorder" been replaced with "dissociative identity disorder"?

Accepted Answer

A) The old term was often used to refer to both schizophrenia and DID,thus a new term was needed to end this confusion. 
B) The word "multiple" suggested the presence of more identities than were commonly observed. 
C) Fully developed personalities are not present in DID,just varying expressions of different aspects of the patient's personality. 
D) A new diagnostic term was wanted to remove some of the stigma associated with the old term and its presentation in the media. 
A) The old term was often used to refer to both schizophrenia and DID,thus a new term was needed to end this confusion. 
B) The word "multiple" suggested the presence of more identities than were commonly observed. 
C) Fully developed personalities are not present in DID,just varying expressions of different aspects of the patient's personality. 
D) A new diagnostic term was wanted to remove some of the stigma associated with the old term and its presentation in the media.

Question 19

1-39.Which disorder would include intentionally taking drugs in order to stimulate various real illnesses?

Accepted Answer

A) Munchausen's syndrome 
B) malingering 
C) dissociative identity disorder 
D) somatization disorder 
A) Munchausen's syndrome 
B) malingering 
C) dissociative identity disorder 
D) somatization disorder

Question 20

_____________ is the disorder in which a person has many different physical symptoms from different areas of the body and the symptoms cannot be explained by medical findings.

Accepted Answer

Somatic sy

1-25.Which of the following was once viewed as form of "hysteria"?

1-20.Ryan has diabetes but has no trouble functioning.One day,his wife informs him that she is leaving him.Ryan suddenly develops terrible pain in his back,to the point he is unable to get out of bed.His wife agrees to stay for "a while" to take care of him.Ryan probably has

1-15.Somatization disorder,as defined in DSM-IV,

1-80.Your textbook authors report that rigorously designed and controlled studies on the treatment of dissociative identity disorder

Briefly describe somatization disorder.

1-54.Which of the following has been demonstrated about the effects of dissociative amnesias on memory?

1-18.Dan's various medical complaints and hospital stays finally led him to psychiatrist.After a thorough medical and psychological evaluation,the twenty-eight-year-old teacher and father of two was diagnosed with both depression and somatization disorder.What is atypical about this case summary?

1-59.Which of the following is most commonly true of the host identity in DID?

1-49.Gerard became amnesic,wandered away from home and assumed a completely new identity as a shoe salesman.He suffers from

Consciously faking symptoms is characteristic of

Conditions involving physical complaints or disabilities occurring in the absence of any physical pathology that could account for them are

Discuss the various controversies surrounding the role of abuse in the development of DID.What evidence is there to suggest that abuse does play a causal role in DID?

1-38.Which of the following disorders is characterized by a reluctance to discuss symptoms?

1-16.Somatization disorder and hypochondriasis are similar in that

1-23.People with pain disorder tend to

1-19.The most effective treatment to date for somatization disorder

1-66.Why has the term "multiple personality disorder" been replaced with "dissociative identity disorder"?

1-39.Which disorder would include intentionally taking drugs in order to stimulate various real illnesses?

_____________ is the disorder in which a person has many different physical symptoms from different areas of the body and the symptoms cannot be explained by medical findings.

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Exam 8: Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders

1-25.Which of the following was once viewed as form of "hysteria"?

1-20.Ryan has diabetes but has no trouble functioning.One day,his wife informs him that she is leaving him.Ryan suddenly develops terrible pain in his back,to the point he is unable to get out of bed.His wife agrees to stay for "a while" to take care of him.Ryan probably has

1-15.Somatization disorder,as defined in DSM-IV,

1-80.Your textbook authors report that rigorously designed and controlled studies on the treatment of dissociative identity disorder

Briefly describe somatization disorder.

1-54.Which of the following has been demonstrated about the effects of dissociative amnesias on memory?

1-18.Dan's various medical complaints and hospital stays finally led him to psychiatrist.After a thorough medical and psychological evaluation,the twenty-eight-year-old teacher and father of two was diagnosed with both depression and somatization disorder.What is atypical about this case summary?

1-59.Which of the following is most commonly true of the host identity in DID?

1-49.Gerard became amnesic,wandered away from home and assumed a completely new identity as a shoe salesman.He suffers from

Consciously faking symptoms is characteristic of

Conditions involving physical complaints or disabilities occurring in the absence of any physical pathology that could account for them are

Discuss the various controversies surrounding the role of abuse in the development of DID.What evidence is there to suggest that abuse does play a causal role in DID?

1-38.Which of the following disorders is characterized by a reluctance to discuss symptoms?

1-16.Somatization disorder and hypochondriasis are similar in that

1-23.People with pain disorder tend to

1-19.The most effective treatment to date for somatization disorder

1-66.Why has the term "multiple personality disorder" been replaced with "dissociative identity disorder"?

1-39.Which disorder would include intentionally taking drugs in order to stimulate various real illnesses?

_____________ is the disorder in which a person has many different physical symptoms from different areas of the body and the symptoms cannot be explained by medical findings.

Abnormal Psychology: an Overview

Historical and Contemporary Views of Abnormal Behavior

Causal Factors and Viewpoints

Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis

Stress and Physical and Mental Health

Panic,anxiety,obsessions,and Their Disorders

Mood Disorders and Suicide

Eating Disorders and Obesity

Personality Disorders

Substance-Related Disorders

Sexual Variants,abuse,and Dysfunctions

Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders

Neurocognitive Disorders

Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence

Therapy

Contemporary and Legal Issues in Abnormal Psychology

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