Abnormal Psychology

John, a 30-year-old male, acts "like a different person" and often refers to himself by different names when he is intoxicated. His friends worry whether he has a mental health disorder. John sees a psychologist, who informs him that he cannot be diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder. Why not, according to the APA?

Symptoms cannot be attributable to the physiological effects of a substance.

A person with dissociative identity disorder has just experienced "switching." Which of the following MOST likely has happened?

The person has changed from one sub personality to another.

Which of the following hypotheses used to explain dissociative disorders is shared by psychodynamic and behavioral theorists?

They serve to help someone escape something unpleasant.

Janelle is in jail for assault but she consistently tells the police that she does not remember arguing with her boyfriend or hitting him with her car. In fact, she cannot remember anything that happened over the last two days. If Janelle is telling the truth, then she may be experiencing dissociative

amnesia

The DSM-5 no longer uses the term somatoform disorders because these disorders were frequently confused with psychosomatic disorders. A psychosomatic disorder is a(n)

actual physical illness in which psychological factors play an important role

Mr. Armentor complains that he cannot feel anything in his right hand. Mr. Armentor's case BEST illustrates _____ disorder.

conversion

A person experiencing blindness, paralysis, or loss of feeling, may also be said to be displaying:

conversion disorder

The four dissociative disorders are: 1) dissociative amnesia, 2) depersonalization/derealization disorder, 3) dissociative identity disorder, and 4) _____.

dissociative fugue

Donna exhibits two separate personalities, each well-defined and distinct from one another, so Dr. Paulson diagnosed Donna with _____ disorder.

dissociative identity

Another name for Munchausen syndrome by proxy is _____.

factitious disorder imposed on another

The tendency to daydream extensively is known as ______.

fantasy proneness

Calvin went on a 6-month-long teaching trip to China. After a few weeks in Beijing, he awoke not knowing who he was or where he was from. Calvin's experience is BEST described as dissociative _______.

fugue

Pathological dissociative symptoms include each of the following EXCEPT this:

impaired procedural memory

Faking symptoms is to creating symptoms as _____ is to _____.

malingering; factitious disorder

Dissociative identity disorder (DID) was once known as _____.

multiple personality disorder

An individual who has persistent, pervasive thought and anxiety concerning vague aches and pains is MOST likely to be diagnosed with _____ disorder.

somatic symptom

Pam reports that she is very concerned because she feels as if her lymph nodes are inflamed. This is highly distressing for her, and she visits multiple doctors in an attempt to validate her concerns. The doctors find no evidence of an illness. Assuming that she is not fabricating this symptom for person gain and that this is a long-standing pattern of behavior, Pam might be diagnosed with ____ disorder.

somatic symptom

Madeline appeared at the clinic complaining of pain in her knee, shoulder, and abdomen, nausea and vomiting, blurred vision, and exhaustion. The patient history revealed that she had been going to clinics for years trying to get treatment for these complaints and a host of other physical symptoms. The diagnostic consensus was that Madeline suffered from:

somatization disorder

Individuals who experience dissociation only one time during their lives undergo which type of dissociation?

state

What type of anxiety would be characterized as lasting for a short time?

state anxiety