Question 1

Depersonalization/derealization disorder is characterized by:

Accepted Answer

A)   the person suddenly taking flight, moving to another area, and creating a new identity.
B)   the presence of one or more distinct personalities vying for control of the individual.
C)   experiences in which the person feels detached from his/her mental processes, body, or surroundings.
D)   the person's inability to remember specific events, time periods, or personal information. C

Question 2

Janet has been diagnosed with dissociative fugue. She is typically likely to:

Accepted Answer

A)   experience autobiographical memory loss.
B)   exhibit signs of a false pregnancy.
C)   exhibit maladaptive avoidance.
D)   experience a high level of anxiety about personal health. A

Question 3

What is conversion disorder (functional neurological symptom disorder)? What are some of the common types of conversion symptoms?

Accepted Answer

Key terms and concepts that may be included in student responses:
▪Conversion disorder (functional neurological symptom disorder)-loss of functioning in a particular body part, person can have repeated episodes of conversion involving different parts of the body
▪Symptoms-paralysis, blindness, mutism, seizures, loss of hearing, severe loss of coordination, anesthesia in a limb, symptoms develop after an extreme psychological stressor.

Question 4

DSM-5 has added the words _____ to the DID criterion A. This makes the criteria more applicable to diverse cultural groups and to identify a common presentation of DID in non-Western cultures as well as subgroups in Western cultures.

Accepted Answer

A)   “or an experience of possession”
B)   “communing with god”
C)   “and a spiritual trance”
D)   “or a religious possession”

Question 5

Marcus spends a lot of time at his physician's clinic to deal with the pain in his abdomen. He has had several gastrointestinal tests as well as other diagnostic tests taken, but the doctors can find nothing to explain his pain. He spends much time worrying about his mystery pain is something serious. Marcus is most likely experiencing a(n) _____ disorder.

Accepted Answer

A)   illness anxiety
B)   somatic symptom
C)   dissociative
D)   acute stress

Question 6

Describe dissociative fugue and some of its key characteristics.

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

In the case of dissociative identity disorder, patients who are able to integrate their personalities are:

Accepted Answer

A)   more likely to relapse with more serious problems.
B)   more likely to remain relatively free from the symptoms and reduce medication.
C)   more likely to develop severe symptoms of other psychological disorders.
D)   encouraged to discontinue psychotherapy to measure the effectiveness of the treatment.

Question 8

In which of the following countries is dissociative identity disorder diagnosed most frequently?

Accepted Answer

A)   United States
B)   Great Britain
C)   Japan
D)   India

Question 9

Studies of refugees who fled to the United States found that these groups often had:

Accepted Answer

A)   posttraumatic stress disorder and conversion disorder.
B)   posttraumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder.
C)   posttraumatic stress disorder and somatic symptom disorder
D)   posttraumatic stress disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Question 10

Which of the following is the most common alter found in people with dissociative identity disorder?

Accepted Answer

A)   The helper
B)   The host
C)   The persecutor
D)   The child

Question 11

Which of the following techniques is heavily used to contact alters in the case of dissociative identity disorder?

Accepted Answer

A)   Channeling
B)   Dream analysis
C)   Hypnosis
D)   Memory exercises

Question 12

According to DSM-5, which of the following is a diagnostic criterion for illness anxiety disorder?

Accepted Answer

A)   Somatic symptoms must be present that are severe in intensity.
B)   Illness preoccupation should have been present for at least one month.
C)   The individual must perform excessive health related behaviors.
D)   The individual should show symptoms of altered voluntary motor or sensory function.

Question 13

People with conversion disorder (functional neurological symptom disorder):

Accepted Answer

A)   are typically physically challenged from birth.
B)   tend to assume that serious illnesses are uncommon.
C)   have symptoms of altered voluntary motor or sensory function.
D)   are not usually prone to chronic depression and anxiety.

Question 14

Which of the following dissociative disorders is characterized by a person developing one or more distinct personalities?

Accepted Answer

A)   Dissociative identity disorder
B)   Dissociative fugue
C)   Dissociative amnesia
D)   Depersonalization/derealization disorder

Question 15

Which of the following disorders may appear similar in their presentation?

Accepted Answer

A)   Somatic symptom disorder and dissociative identity disorder
B)   Somatic symptom disorder and conversion disorder
C)   Somatic symptom disorder and illness anxiety disorder
D)   Somatic symptom disorder and body dysmorphic disorder

Question 16

Repressed memories represent a form of _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   somatization
B)   factitious disorders.
C)   depersonalization
D)   dissociative amnesia

Question 17

Vickianna's doctor is trying to diagnose if her condition is an illness anxiety disorder or a somatic symptom disorder. According to the DSM-5, to make the distinction, he should determine if Vickianna _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   has physical symptoms
B)   seeks medical help
C)   has anxious thoughts
D)   experiences acute stress

Question 18

When retrograde amnesia is due to organic causes, people will typically remember:

Accepted Answer

A)   where they lived.
B)   their personal identities.
C)   the names of their children.
D)   major historical events of the period.

Question 19

Which of the following explains why dissociative identity disorder was not diagnosed before 1980?

Accepted Answer

A)   The symptoms were rarely reported prior to 1980.
B)   There was no such diagnostic category in the DSM-II.
C)   The disorder lacked empirical evidence until after 1980.
D)   No DSM existed prior to 1980.

Question 20

It was observed during the two world wars that many soldiers would report to have become inexplicably paralyzed or blind and therefore were unable to return to the front. Most of them seemed unconcerned about their paralysis or blindness. This phenomenon is known as _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   la belle indifference
B)   coup d'état
C)   esprit de corps
D)   sang-froid

Exam 6: Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders