Question 1

Conversion disorder is NOT a likely diagnosis for someone experiencing an inexplicable loss of

Accepted Answer

A) feeling. 
B) vision. 
C) memory. 
D) speech.

Question 2

The most commonly diagnosed comorbid disorders with dissociative identity disorder are

Accepted Answer

A) anxiety and depression. 
B) somatoform and substance abuse disorders. 
C) bipolar disorder and depression. 
D) schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder.

Question 3

Beginning with the __________ somatic disorders,dissociative disorders,and anxiety disorders became three distinct categories of diagnoses.

Accepted Answer

A) DSM-5 
B) DSM-I 
C) DSM-II 
D) DSM-III

Question 4

Neurobiologists focus on

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A) how somatic symptom disorders are treated physically. 
B) why some people are hypersensitive to bodily sensations. 
C) when somatic symptoms first appear. 
D) none of the above.

Question 5

The onset of conversion disorder symptoms is usually

Accepted Answer

A) sudden and related to a stressful situation. 
B) gradual and subtle. 
C) not associated with psychological distress. 
D) preceded by a period of physical illness.

Question 6

Psychological treatment of somatic symptom disorders often includes

Accepted Answer

A) medical tests to show symptoms have no medical basis. 
B) focusing on reducing the underlying anxiety and depression. 
C) keeping a diary of symptoms and complaints. 
D) exploring childhood experiences of being sick.

Question 7

Anesthesia and aphonia are examples of __________ disorder.

Accepted Answer

A) illness anxiety 
B) conversion 
C) factitious 
D) somatic symptom

Question 8

Claudia is experiencing intermittent pain in her stomach and back.Medical examination and testing have revealed no physical explanation for her symptoms.The most likely DSM-5 diagnosis for Claudia is

Accepted Answer

A) Somatic Symptom Disorder 
B) Hypochondriasis 
C) Factitious Disorder 
D) Illness Anxiety Disorder

Question 9

An insurance company hired a private investigator to ascertain whether a claimant alleging a back injury was really disabled,or whether the person was acting that way to receive financial gain.Such behavior is known as ________________________.

Accepted Answer

A) Malingering 
B) Illness anxiety disorder 
C) Conversion disorder 
D) Factitious disorder

Question 10

Conversion disorder occupies a central place in psychodynamic theory because it provides a clear example of the role of

Accepted Answer

A) repression. 
B) the unconscious. 
C) the pleasure principle. 
D) stages of development.

Question 11

In an effort to reduce Alan's somatic symptoms,his behaviorally-oriented therapist would most likely

Accepted Answer

A) suggest that his family reward his efforts to return to work. 
B) train him in relaxation skills. 
C) spend time uncovering stressors that led to the problem. 
D) dispute the validity of his pain.

Question 12

Why are there many questions regarding the role of memory under stress with respect to dissociative disorders?

Accepted Answer

A) People have trouble recalling events. 
B) Few brain-imaging studies have been conducted to date. 
C) Some lines of research indicate that high levels of stress enhance memory. 
D) Research indicates that,under stress,people store memories in different areas of the brain.

Question 13

According to Claire's friends,she never exhibited signs of DID.However,after watching Sybil on TV and visiting a therapist regularly,Claire began exhibiting different personalities.A socio-cultural theory of the development of Claire's DID would suggest that

Accepted Answer

A) Claire must have been sexually abused as a child. 
B) Claire must have come from a dysfunctional family and had few friends growing up. 
C) Claire's alters appeared in response to exposure to media and therapists' suggestions. 
D) Claire has repressed memories for too long.

Question 14

Conversion disorder is not a likely diagnosis for someone

Accepted Answer

A) In the middle of a lawsuit. 
B) with a sudden loss of sensation. 
C) who suddenly ceases to speak. 
D) who experiences tunnel vision.

Question 15

The controlled outcome studies on dissociative identity disorder (DID)show

Accepted Answer

A) superior outcome when psychodynamic treatment is employed. 
B) integration of alters is easily achieved in most people with DID. 
C) psychotropic medications are effective in eliminating alters. 
D) none of the above; no controlled outcomes studies on DID exist.

Question 16

Cognitive behavioral treatment therapists help people do which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) identify and change emotions that trigger the somatic concerns 
B) change their cognitions regarding their somatic symptoms 
C) change their behaviors so they stop playing the role of a sick person and gain more reinforcement for engaging in other types of social interactions 
D) all of the above

Question 17

In the case of Anna O.,her conversion disorder symptoms appeared

Accepted Answer

A) while sitting at the bedside of her seriously ill father. 
B) after her brother's death. 
C) after she experienced a sexual assault. 
D) under hypnosis.

Question 18

Which of the following is a potential symptom of conversion disorder?

Accepted Answer

A) extreme anxiety 
B) paralysis in the hand 
C) chronic sweating 
D) hypersensitivity to pain

Question 19

The main feature of illness anxiety disorder is

Accepted Answer

A) a preoccupation with fears of having a serious disease. 
B) a fear of losing a limb. 
C) an overwhelming fear of doctors and hospitals. 
D) all of the above.

Question 20

According to experimental research on the role of the unconscious,if you are shown a hexagon for 1 millisecond (a level too fast for you to actually perceive consciously),when asked to rate preferences for shapes you will

Accepted Answer

A) not prefer the hexagon to other shapes. 
B) be able to indicate that the hexagon 'looks familiar.' 
C) likely prefer the hexagon to other shapes. 
D) be disinterested in hexagons.

Exam 8: Dissociative Disorders and Somatic Symptom Disorders