Z Unit 12.3 Psychology

Question 0

Conversion disorder

Answer 0

Anxiety is converted into a psychical symptom

Question 1

Somatic symptom disorder

Answer 1

The distressing symptoms take a bodily form without apparent physical causes

Question 2

Illness anxiety disorder

Answer 2

People interpret normal sensations as a symptom of a dreaded disease

Question 3

Dissociative disorders

Answer 3

A sudden loss of memory or change in identity often in response to a stressful situation

Question 4

Dissociative identity disorder (DID)

Answer 4

Two or more identities alternately control a person’s behavior

Question 5

Anorexia nervosa

Answer 5

Not eating anything or eating very little, because you believe you are fat regardless of your size

Question 6

Bulimia nervosa

Answer 6

Eating lots of food and then throwing up right after in order to not gain weight, because you believe you are fat

Question 7

Binge eating disorder

Answer 7

Significant binge eating followed by remorse

Question 8

Personality disorders

Answer 8

Disruptive, inflexible, and editing behaviors that impair one’s social functioning

Question 9

Antisocial personality disorder

Answer 9

People with this lie, steal, fight, or display unrestrained sexual behaviors.