Abnormal Psychology Test 2- Chapter 8
unwarranted fears about a serious illness despite absence of any significant somatic symptoms
illness anxiety disorder
underlies behaviors based on experiences that cannot be consciously recalled
implicit memory
treatment of DID involves (2)
improvement of coping skills and integration of alters into one fully functioning individual
prevalence of conversion disorder
1%
who coined the term "conversion"?
Freud
whispered speech
aphonia
loss of smell
anosmia
not consciously aware of visual input, failure to be explicitly aware of sensory information
blindsight
"soma"
body
treatment for somatic symptoms disorders
cognitive behavioral therapy and antidepressants
neurological symptoms that cannot be explained by medical disease or culturally sanction behavior
conversion disorder
sensory or motor function impaired but no known neurological cause
conversion disorder
memory fails slowly over time, not linked to stress, and accompanied by other cognitive deficits
dementia
lose sense of self, unusual sensory experiences, feelings of detachment or disconnection
depersonalization
in ___ ____ disorder, the perception of self is altered
depersonalization/ derealization
alteration in the experience of the self and reality
depersonalization/ derealization disorder
world has become unreal
derealization
some aspect of cognition or experience becomes inaccessible to consiousness
dissociation
inability to remember important personal information, usually of a traumatic or stressful nature, that is too extensive to be ordinary forgetfulness
dissociative amnesia
lack of conscious access o memory, typically of a stressful experience. the fugue subtype involves loss of memory for one's entire past or identity
dissociative amnesia
amnesia and flight and new identity
dissociative fugue subtype
at least two distinct personalities that act independently of each other
dissociative identity disorder
involves conscious recall of experiences
explicit memory
falsification of psychological or physical symptoms without evidence of gains from those symptoms
factitious disorder
intentionally faking psychological or somatic symptoms to gain from those symptoms
malingering
the ___ model suggests that DID results from severe psychological and or sexual abuse in childhood
posttraumatic
the ___ model suggests that DID is a form of role-play in suggestible individuals
sociocognitive
excessive concerns about physical symptoms or health
somatic symptom disorder
excessive thoughts, feelings, and behaviors related to somatic symptoms
somatic symptom disorder
3 major somatic symptom disorders
somatic symptom disorder, illness anxiety disorder, conversion disorder
dissociative amnesia usually remits
spontaneously
hippocrates believed that conversion disorder was attributed to a
wandering uterus