Question 1

Unlike a malingerer,a person with factitious disorder

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A)  does not exhibit "la belle indifference."
B)  has primarily psychological,not physical,symptoms.
C)  has physical symptoms that are not under voluntary control.
D)  has no clear motivation for adopting the symptoms.

Question 2

The term "conversion" originated with

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A)  Sigmund Freud
B)  Abraham Maslow
C)  Ivan Pavlov
D)  Dermott Helmich

Question 3

Most people with dissociative identity disorder exhibit high __________ and experienced a history of __________.

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A)  child abuse; criminal behavior.
B)  hypnotic susceptibility; child abuse.
C)  hypnotic susceptibility; criminal behavior.
D)  sensation seeking; amnesia.

Question 4

Contemporary psychodynamic research on hysterically blind individuals indicates that they repress

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A)  the awareness that they see.
B)  visual stimuli.
C)  information extracted from visual stimuli.
D)  their motives about seeing.

Question 5

The prognosis for dissociative amnesia usually involves a __________ remission with __________ recovery.

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A)  gradual; complete
B)  gradual; partial
C)  sudden; complete
D)  sudden; partial

Question 6

Dr.Jones believes that different alters appear during adulthood after the suggestion of a therapist.This is consistent with

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A)  psychoanalytic theory.
B)  behavioral theory.
C)  social role enactment.
D)  self-fulfilling prophecy. C

Question 7

One major theory of the etiology of dissociative identity disorder is that it results from

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A)  fear of facing the complexities of adult living.
B)  drug use in predisposed individuals.
C)  suggestions by therapists or media influences.
D)  having a fantasy life more reinforcing than reality C

Question 8

The two major theories of DID are

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A)  post-traumatic and sociocognitive.
B)  post-traumatic and psychoanalytic.
C)  behavioral and psychoanalytic.
D)  post-traumatic and cognitive-behavioral.

Question 9

Conversion disorder symptoms typically begin

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A)  in adolescence or early adulthood.
B)  in childhood.
C)  In late adulthood
D)  earlier for males than for females.

Question 10

The DSM-5 added the following disorder to the DSM-IV-TR somatic symptom disorders category

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A)  illness anxiety disorder.
B)  conversion disorder.
C)  malingering.
D)  factitious disorder. A

Question 11

Which of the following is most similar to somatic symptom disorder?

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A)  body dysmorphic disorder
B)  conversion disorder
C)  Illness anxiety disorder
D)  dissociative disorder

Question 12

Following a dissociative amnesia-subtype dissociative fugue episode,the person often

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A)  does not remember the events that occurred during the episode.
B)  remembers most of the events occurring during the episode,although they may be denied to avoid embarrassment.
C)  is predisposed to have further episodes at times of stress.
D)  is likely to develop another type of dissociative disorder.

Question 13

DID usually begins in __________ but is rarely diagnosed until __________.

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A)  childhood; adulthood
B)  childhood; adolescence
C)  adolescence; adulthood
D)  adulthood; late adulthood

Question 14

Dissociative identity disorder must involve

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A)  at least 3 distinct personalities.
B)  selective amnesia.
C)  at least 2 distinct personalities.
D)  depersonalization.

Question 15

Somatic symptom disorders all involve

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A)  physical symptoms.
B)  dysphoric mood.
C)  disruptions of consciousness.
D)  hallucinations.

Question 16

All of the following have been cited as reasons for changes in the prevalence of dissociative identity disorder over the years EXCEPT:

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A)  changes in the diagnostic criteria for the disorder.
B)  publication of popular accounts such as "Sybil."
C)  changes in the medical sophistication and level of education in modern society.
D)  changing definitions of schizophrenia.

Question 17

Therapists who are most likely to diagnose DID tend to

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A)  practice behavioral techniques.
B)  use hypnosis.
C)  use biofeedback.
D)  support the sociocultural model.

Question 18

Antidepressants reduce pain even when

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A)  the client is denies being depressed or ill.
B)  the dosage is too low to alleviate the associated depression.
C)  the client skips doses.
D)  all of these answers are correct.

Question 19

Which of these dissociative disorders is no longer a distinct diagnosis in the DSM-5?

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A)  Dissociative Fugue
B)  Dissociative Amnesia
C)  Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder
D)  Dissociative Identity Disorder

Question 20

Donna was brutally assaulted outside the local 7-Eleven.Although she cannot recall the details of the assault,she becomes terrified when she drives past the 7-Eleven.This is an example of a situation in which a person

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A)  has an explicit memory,but no implicit memory.
B)  has neither explicit nor implicit memory.
C)  will most likely develop dissociative identity disorder.
D)  has no explicit memory,but has an implicit memory.

Exam 8: Dissociative Disorders and Somatic Symptom Disorders

Unlike a malingerer,a person with factitious disorder

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The term "conversion" originated with

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Most people with dissociative identity disorder exhibit high __________ and experienced a history of __________.

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Contemporary psychodynamic research on hysterically blind individuals indicates that they repress

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The prognosis for dissociative amnesia usually involves a __________ remission with __________ recovery.

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Dr.Jones believes that different alters appear during adulthood after the suggestion of a therapist.This is consistent with

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The two major theories of DID are

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The DSM-5 added the following disorder to the DSM-IV-TR somatic symptom disorders category

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Which of the following is most similar to somatic symptom disorder?

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Following a dissociative amnesia-subtype dissociative fugue episode,the person often

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DID usually begins in __________ but is rarely diagnosed until __________.

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All of the following have been cited as reasons for changes in the prevalence of dissociative identity disorder over the years EXCEPT:

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Which of these dissociative disorders is no longer a distinct diagnosis in the DSM-5?

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