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In _______________, a person experiences frequent episodes of feeling detached from his or her body. |
| | A) | dissociative identity disorder |
| | B) | dissociative fugue |
| | C) | dissociative amnesia |
| | D) | depersonalization disorder |
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A process in which different parts of an individual's identity, memories, or consciousness become split off from one another is known as: |
| | A) | somatization. |
| | B) | dissociation. |
| | C) | psychogenic amnesia. |
| | D) | la belle indifference. |
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Research by Spanos and colleagues (1985) demonstrated that |
| | A) | symptoms of DID could be induced in normal people through hypnosis. |
| | B) | clinicians routinely hypnotize their patients. |
| | C) | not all DID patients benefit from hypnosis. |
| | D) | DID is diagnosed more often in the U.S. than in Europe. |
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According to the chapter, which of the following is a factor that predisposes people to both DID and dissociative fugue? |
| | A) | a genetic history of either disorder |
| | B) | a highly suggestible personality |
| | C) | depression in childhood |
| | D) | being kidnapped as a child |
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What is the most likely diagnosis for the person described below?
Thomas, a 39-year-old single man, has abruptly left behind his home and belongings to move across the country. When found at his new residence, he has difficulty remembering the events preceding his arrival and cannot remember important facts about himself. He seems puzzled and upset that he cannot remember anything about his past. |
| | A) | dissociative fugue |
| | B) | depersonalitization disorder |
| | C) | retrograde amnesia |
| | D) | anterograde amnesia |
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A person who deliberately fakes an illness to gain medical attention might be diagnosed with a |
| | A) | psychosomatic disorder. |
| | B) | somatoform disorder. |
| | C) | factitious disorder. |
| | D) | factitious disorder by proxy. |
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When there is no evidence that a person has a physical disease, but the person chronically worries that they have a disease and frequently seeks out medical attention, that person would be diagnosed with |
| | A) | a conversion disorder. |
| | B) | a pain disorder. |
| | C) | body dysmorphic disorder. |
| | D) | hypochondriasis. |
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Conversion disorder involves: |
| | A) | a history of complaints about pain that appears to have no physical cause. |
| | B) | excessive preoccupation with some part of the body the person believes is defective. |
| | C) | loss of functioning in some part of the body for psychological rather than physical reasons. |
| | D) | chronic worry that one has a physical disease in the absence of evidence that one does. |
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Korsakoff's syndrome is caused partly by __________ and is a form of __________ amnesia. |
| | A) | head injury; organic anterograde |
| | B) | severe alcohol abuse; psychogenic retrograde |
| | C) | head injury; psychogenic retrograde |
| | D) | severe alcohol abuse; organic retrograde |
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To be diagnosed with somatization disorder, a person must have all of the following except: |
| | A) | two gastrointestinal symptoms. |
| | B) | two depressive symptoms. |
| | C) | at least one neurological symptom. |
| | D) | at least one sexual symptom. |
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A disorder that is commonly confused with somatization disorder is |
| | A) | ataque de nervios. |
| | B) | Korsakoff's syndrome. |
| | C) | chronic fatigue syndrome. |
| | D) | conversion disorder. |
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Which of the following would be most likely to serve as the victim of a trauma? |
| | A) | A child alter |
| | B) | A persecutor personality |
| | C) | The host personality |
| | D) | A helper personality |
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The female relatives of people with somatization disorder have higher rates of _______ while males relatives have higher rates of __________. |
| | A) | depression and anxiety; alcohol abuse and antisocial personality disorder |
| | B) | pain disorder; anxiety |
| | C) | alcohol abuse and depression; antisocial personality disorder and anxiety |
| | D) | depression and antisocial personality disorder; alcohol abuse and anxiety |
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Some researchers believe that body dysmorphic disorder is a form of |
| | A) | pain disorder. |
| | B) | hypochondriasis. |
| | C) | obsessive-compulsive disorder. |
| | D) | somatization disorder. |
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Which of the following statements is false? |
| | A) | Hypochondriasis is one of the most common mental disorders. |
| | B) | Body dysmorphic disorder tends to develop during the teenage years. |
| | C) | In the U.S., somatization disorder is more common among older adults than younger adults. |
| | D) | Glove anesthesia cannot have a physical cause. |
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Which of the following statements about children with DID is false? |
| | A) | Children with DID tend to exhibit antisocial behavior. |
| | B) | Children with DID tend to show symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. |
| | C) | Children with DID tend to hear voices inside their heads. |
| | D) | Children with DID tend to experience delusions and hallucinations. |
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Which of the following statements about DID is false? |
| | A) | DID is diagnosed more often in the U.S. than in Europe. |
| | B) | In the U.S., DID is rarely diagnosed in Latinos. |
| | C) | The diagnostic criteria for DID first appeared in DSM-III-R, which was published in 1987. |
| | D) | Most people diagnosed with DID are also diagnosed with a personality disorder. |
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Psychogenic amnesias: |
| | A) | Rarely involve anterograde amnesia. |
| | B) | Rarely involve retrograde amnesia. |
| | C) | Are caused by brain injury. |
| | D) | Are caused by disease, drugs, accidents, or surgery. |
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All of the following are characterized by the experience of one or more physical symptoms except: |
| | A) | Conversion disorder. |
| | B) | Hypochondriasis. |
| | C) | Body dysmorphic disorder. |
| | D) | Pain disorder. |
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People with somatization disorder are more likely to be or have all of the following except: |
| | A) | A history of physical or sexual abuse. |
| | B) | Female. |
| | C) | Caucasian. |
| | D) | Older in age. |
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