Abnormal Psychology Chapter 6 Questions

Caitlyn has been diagnosed with depersonalization disorder. She is most likely to say:

"I must be going crazy because it appears as if that my body is distorted and unreal."

Mr. Able is diagnosed with illness anxiety disorder, while Mr. Baker is diagnosed with somatic symptom disorder. How will their symptoms be different?

Mr. Able will fear he has an undetected fatal illness; Mr. Baker will have many vague physical complaints.

According to the sociocognitive model (SCM) of dissociative identity disorder (DID), the disorder develops ____.

by learning about from the mass media A

Because glove anesthesia does not correspond to the distribution of nerve pathways in the body, it leads to a diagnosis of ____.

conversion disorder

Jerald woke up in New Jersey, some four hundred miles from his home in New Hampshire. He could not remember how he got there, and he had no memory of his former life. He established a new identity in New Jersey. This illustrates ____.

dissociative fugue

Sharon frequently causes diarrhea in her three-year-old daughter by feeding her spoiled milk and rotten eggs. When the child is repeatedly hospitalized, Sharon acts like a very worried and caring mother. Because Sharon is not playing the sick role and receives no obvious reward for her behavior, the most appropriate diagnosis is ____.

factitious disorder imposed on another

Wanda fakes debilitating pain in hopes of receiving a large monetary award from an insurance company. Roberta experiences fever and pain because she has injected herself with bacteria. Wanda's behavior illustrates ____; Roberta's behavior illustrates ____.

malingering; factitious disorder

Dissociative identity disorder can involve a feeling of ____, in which the person's sense of personal identity is replaced by a supernatural presence.

possession

A psychologist explains a disorder as follows. "The disorder develops because, in the face of overwhelming stress, the person has the capacity to dissociate and wall off the traumatic experience. This happens when there is no support in the family." The psychologist probably holds a ____ perspective on ____.

psychodynamic; dissociative identity disorder

Monica complains of chest and head pains, amnesia, nausea, and sexual problems. She goes from doctor to doctor, but none can find a physical cause for her complaints. Stephen suddenly becomes blind one day shortly after his boss gives him several stressful deadlines. There is no physiological explanation for his blindness. Monica best illustrates ____, whereas Stephen best illustrates ____.

somatic symptom disorder; functional neurological symptom disorder