Abnormal Psychology

Chapter 6: Dissociative Disorders, Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders

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1. The DSM-5 name for multiple personality disorder is ______.
a. dissociative fugue
b. dissociative identity disorder
c. depersonalization disorder
d. dissociative conversion

2. ______________is described as an inability to recall important personal material that cannot be accounted for by medical causes.
a. Depersonalization-derealization disorder
b. Dissociative conversion
c. Dissociative identity disorder
d. Dissociative amnesia

3. Episodes of feeling detached from one's self or one's body or having a sense of unreality about one's surroundings characterizes_________.
a. dissociative identity disorder
b. depersonalization-derealization disorder
c. dissociative amnesia
d. dissociative conversion

4. In dissociative identity disorder, the main personality is known as the ______.
a. nucleus
b. host
c. captain
d. center

5. In most cases of dissociative identity disorder, which of the following best describes the relationship of the dominant personality to the alter personalities?
a. The dominant personality remains unaware of the existence of the alter personalities.
b. The core personality is abusive of the alter personality.
c. The dominant personality is always older than the alter personalities.
d. The dominant personality is ashamed of the alter personalities.

6. According to the text, which of the following is the likely explanation for why some clinicians seem to "discover" many more cases of dissociative identity disorder than others?
a. The social reinforcement model
b. There are many more skilled clinicians specializing in this field.
c. The disorder has a strong genetic basis.
d. It tends to be localized in certain parts of North America where these clinicians practice.

7. The most common type of dissociative disorder is believed to be ______.
a. dissociative identity disorder
b. dissociative fugue
c. depersonalization disorder
d. dissociative amnesia

8. The types of things people "forget" with dissociative amnesia tend to be memories of ______.
a. early sexual experiences
b. early childhood years
c. classroom material
d. stressful or traumatic events

9. The type of dissociative amnesia in which people forget their entire lives, repressing all personal information while retaining objective information and personal skills, tastes, and habits, is called ______.
a. selective
b.generalized
c. localized
d. continuous

10. The text cites a case example about Rutger, a businessman who was hospitalized for a few days after becoming dazed and losing his identity. Upon admission to the hospital, Rutger was diagnosed with ______.
a. generalized amnesia
b. localized amnesia
c. selective amnesia
d. schizophrenia

11. The text cites a case example of Burt, a man who unknowingly moved 2,000 miles away from his wife and family and established a new life in a new city. Although Burt knew which town he was in and the current date, he could not recognize his past nor was he concerned about this lack of recognition. Burt was suffering from ______.
a. dissociative identity disorder
b. depersonalization disorder
c. dissociative amnesia
d. dissociative fugue

12. A temporary loss or change in the usual sense of one's own reality, in which a person feels detached from mind or body is called ______.
a. amnesia
b. fugue
c. depersonalization
d. derealization

13. In depersonalization, the feelings of depersonalization come on ______ and fade ______.
a. gradually, gradually
b. suddenly, gradually
c. gradually, suddenly
d. suddenly, suddenly

14. The only dissociative disorder in which anxiety is present and there is no disturbance of memory is ______.
a. dissociative amnesia
b. dissociative fugue
c. dissociative identity disorder
d. depersonalization-derealization disorder

15. In ______ disorders, people show or complain of physical symptoms that have no identifiable physical cause.
a. dissociative
b. anxiety
c. somatic symptom and related
d. adjustment

16. In DSM-5, which of the following is a somatic symptom and related disorder?
a. somatic stress disorder
b. hysteria
c. factitious disorder
d. traumatic stress disorder

17. People with somatic symptom disorder (SSD) not only have troubling physical symptoms,but they ___________their symptoms to the extent that it affects their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in daily life.
a. are excessively concerned about
b. chronically ignore
c. lie about
d. exaggerate

18. Anna complains of physical problems, which date back to her adolescence. She has suffered from seizures, muscle weakness, abdominal pain, diarrhea, menstrual problems, chest pains, and urinary problems. Although she really suffers from these symptoms, her doctors have never been able to find a physical cause. She is most likely suffering from ______.
a. somatic symptom disorder
b. conversion disorder
c. hypochondriasis
d. Munchausen syndrome

19. Although no longer a distinct diagnostic category in the DSM, the term hypochondriasis reflected individuals __________.
a. who deny the presence of serious diagnosed conditions
b. with a fear of hospitals and treatment
c. withphysical complaints who believed their symptoms were due to a serious, undetected illness
d. using illness to obtain love and attention from others

20. The great majority of cases that were previously diagnosed as hypochondriasis would be classified as having __________in the DSM-5 system.
a. illness anxiety disorder
b. factitious disorder
c. somatic symptom disorder
d. functional neurological symptom disorder

21. In previous versions of the DSM, people who are preoccupied or fearful that they have a serious or deadly illness are suffering from ______.
a. somatization disorder
b. conversion disorder
c. hypochondriasis
d. Munchausen syndrome

22. Juan has consistently experienced tightness in his chest and aches throughout his body for the last few years. Although medical tests have come back negative, he is chronically worried that these are symptoms of a serious illness. Juan most likely can be diagnosed as having which of the following according to the DSM-5?
a. hyperactive disorder
b. hypochondriasis
c. illness anxiety disorder (IAD)
d. conversion disorder

23. A major change or loss of physical functioning that is not faked, even though there are no medical findings to support the physical symptom or deficit is called _______.
a. hypochondriasis
b. conversion disorder
c. somatization disorder
d. Munchausen syndrome

24. One change in the DSM-5 is that conversion disorder is called which of the following?
a. functional neurological symptomdisorder
b. malingering disorder
c. illness anxiety disorder
d. hypochondriasis

25. When a person feigns an illness but is not consciously doing it for any specific motivation they might be suffering from __________.
a. hypochondriasis
b. conversion disorder
c. somatization disorder
d. factitious disorder

26. Tonya is admitted to the hospital covered in blood. She reports that she has been bleeding uncontrollably from her mouth. Later, a nurse finds a syringe filled with blood thinner among Tonya's personal items in the hospital room. Tonya denies that the syringe is hers. The syringe is not made by a company the hospital uses. This fact leads hospital staff to wonder if, rather than having a valid illness, Tonya has a DSM-5 mental disorder called__________.
a. factitious disorder imposed on another
b.factitious disorder on self
c. delusional disorder
d. hysterical personality disorder

27. According to psychodynamic theory, gains that allow people to avoid burdensome responsibilities and at the same time gain the support, rather than the condemnation, of those around them are called ______.
a. primary gains
b. secondary gains
c. intrinsic gains
d. extrinsic gains

28. From the learning perspective, somatic symptom and related disorders serve mainly to ______.
a. develop control over others
b. avoid or escape anxiety

c. force a person to withdraw from physically stressful situations
d. gain attention from others

29. According to cognitive theorists, attention to physical complaints can serve as a means of ______ other life problems.
a. avoiding
b. exaggerating
c. exacerbating
d. solving

30. The behavioral approach to treating somatic symptom and related disorders focuses on ______.
a. punishing hysterical behaviors
b. rewarding sources of primary gain
c. removing sources of secondary gain
d. stimulus generalization