Ab Psych 9

Question 1

What is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States?

Answer 1

Smoking

Question 2

Match each disorder below with its essential feature.
A. Conversion disorder
B. Psychological factors affecting medical condition
C. Factitious disorder

Answer 2

A. One or more symptoms of altered voluntary motor or sensory function that are incompatible with known physiological functioning or neurological disease.
C. Falsification of medical or psychological signs or symptoms in oneself or others.
B. The presence of one or more clinically significant psychological or behavioral factors that adversely affect a medical condition by increasing the risk of morbidity or mortality.

Question 3

Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy or Factitious Disorder by Proxy is characterized by a parent

Answer 3

Deliberately making a child sick

Question 4

What does the DSM-5 indicate is the most prevalent risk factor among those with Dissociative Identity Disorder in the U.S., Canada, and Europe

Answer 4

Increased attention and sympathy from family, friends, and treatment providers

Question 5

A potential form of positive reinforcement and a maintenance factor for certain disorders, “secondary gain” refers to:

Answer 5

Increased attention and sympathy from family, friends, and treatment providers

Question 6

The core feature of Illness Anxiety Disorder is:

Answer 6

Belief of having or acquiring a serious disease

Question 7

Which of the following statements are true per the DSM-5? (Mark ALL that are true!)

Answer 7

• Somatic symptom disorders can be accompanied by medical disorders.
• Non-somatic symptom disorders (e.g., panic disorder) may initially present with primarily somatic symptoms.
• Somatic symptoms disorders often are accompanied by medical disorders.

Question 8

A cognitive therapy approach to treatment for somatic symptom disorder and illness anxiety disorder would probably involve

Answer 8

Identification of alternative interpretations of physical sensations as normal

Question 9

Match the term with its definition from the DSM-5:
A. Amnesia
B. Dissociative fugue
C. Derealization
D. Depersonalization

Answer 9

A. An inability to recall autobiographical information
C. Experiences of unreality or detachment from one’s surroundings
D. Experiences of unreality or detachment from one’s mind, self, or body
B. Purposeful travel or bewildered wandering during dissociation

Question 10

A major criterion of Somatic Symptom Disorder is that one or more somatic symptoms

Answer 10

Exist and are real

Question 11

What is the best term that describes the goal of treatment with DID?

Answer 11

Integration

Question 12

Which of the following statements describe the characteristic cognitions of people with somatic symptom disorders according to the DSM-5? (Mark ALL that apply!

Answer 12

A) They think the worst about their health.
B) They identify and classify bodily sensations as concerning.
C) They have abnormal thoughts in response to the somatic symptoms.
D) They appraise their bodily symptoms as unduly threatening, harmful, or troublesome.

Question 13

The disorder in which two or more distinct personality states exist within one individual is called _____ in the DSM-5.

Answer 13

Dissociative Identity Disorder

Question 14

Where does the DSM-5 say that people with somatic symptom and related disorders are likely to be commonly encountered, in terms of their initial presentation?

Answer 14

Primary care and other medical settings

Question 15

Karen has lost her sight but medical experts can find no physical reason for her blindness, which could be a classic example

Answer 15

Conversion disorder