Exam 6: Disorders of Trauma and Stress

A person with dissociative identity disorder has just experienced "switching." What MOST likely has happened?

One's identity is based in part on one's _____, which links the past, the present, and the future.

If you studied for this exam while you were unusually happy, you will probably do best taking it while you are:

In the past, dissociative identity disorder was most likely "misdiagnosed" as:

A person diagnosed with a dissociative disorder has recovered almost completely, even though the person had not received any therapy. That person was LEAST likely to have been diagnosed with:

According to one study, children who were younger than _____ years old when their parents separated or divorced are more likely to develop stress-related disorders later in life.

"An abused child's thoughts occasionally drift to other, less anxiety-arousing, topics; this anxiety reduction thus serves to strengthen 'other' thoughts, while weakening the thoughts about abuse." A psychologist with which theoretical background would be most likely to offer this quotation as an explanation for the development of dissociative disorders?

In which racial group is a woman's risk of being raped the greatest, relative to the group's percentage of the population?

Some studies indicate that _____ treatment is the single most helpful intervention for persons with stress disorders, irrespective of the precipitating trauma.

In the face of fear, a person is unable to concentrate and develops a distorted view of the world. This person is showing which fear response?

People who suffer from dissociative amnesia most often lose their _____ memories but retain their _____ memories.

Which statement is MOST accurate about depersonalization disorder?

Some theorists conclude that dissociative disorders may be a form of _____, in which people hypnotize themselves to try to forget unpleasant events.

Looking for rainbows while walking the dog in the rain is an example of a:

Dissociative disorders:

Poor health is BEST described as a:

A person with posttraumatic stress disorder who refuses to talk about it is:

The heightened biochemical arousal of posttraumatic stress victims may eventually damage which parts of their brain?

Our _____ is our sense of who we are, and where we fit in our environment.

Which statement provides the most persuasive argument against a psychodynamic explanation for dissociative identity disorder?