Unit 3

Baron von Münchhausen was:

a cavalry officer who told tall tales.

Overabundance of _____ can lead to chronic inflammation throughout the body, contributing to heart disease, stroke, and other illnesses.

cytokines

In one study, patients with asthma and arthritis who wrote down their thoughts and feelings about stressful events for a handful of days showed lasting improvements in their conditions. This is an example of the effectiveness of:

emotion expression.

Stress-related writing has been found to be beneficial for patients with either HIV infection or cancer. This is an example of the effectiveness of:

emotion expression.

_____ are protein molecules that recognize and bind to antigens.

Antibodies

Rowena was terrified to testify in court and face the person who was accused of robbing her. One morning shortly before she was scheduled to appear, she awoke blind. In psychodynamic theory, this is an example of:

secondary gain.

What kind of disorders include insomnia and narcolepsy?

sleep-wake disorders

Juanita often feels lonely and does not have many close friends. She also has poor immune functioning and tends to get sick often. This may be due to the factor of:

social support.

Compared with a therapist with a psychodynamic view, what would a therapist with a cognitive-behavioral view be most likely to ask someone whom he or she suspected might have a somatic symptom disorder?

"Has any friend of yours had similar symptoms recently?"

How long must signs of somatic symptom disorder usually continue before a formal diagnosis becomes appropriate?

6 months

What is a contributing factor that partly explains why African Americans have more health problems than non-Hispanic white Americans?

African Americans are more likely to live in poverty and face discrimination, which contributes to stress.

_____ seems to be particularly helpful in the control of pain.

Hypnosis

What assigns numerical values to the stress that most people experience at some time in their lives?

Social Readjustment Rating Scale

Having a background in medicine, but also a grudge against the profession, puts a person at risk for:

a factitious disorder.

Which other psychological condition is somatic vigilance most like?

anxiety sensitivity

The most commonly occurring sleeplessness-produced problem is:

difficulty concentrating.

Excessive activity of the neurotransmitter norepinephrine contributes to a slowdown of the:

immune system.

When Marigold sees her healthcare provider for treatment of an allergy, her provider tells her that her symptoms are factitious. Marigold will most likely:

leave the facility and immediately seek treatment from a different physician.

An individual develops somatic symptom disorder after a near-fatal car crash. The diagnosis is:

less likely to be somatization pattern than predominant pain pattern.

Compared with a migraine headache, the pain associated with a muscle contraction headache is typically:

less severe.

Cal tends to fall asleep at the drop of a hat—while watching television, eating, and even driving. He would most likely be diagnosed with:

narcolepsy

According to Freud, during which developmental stage did all girls develop what he called the Electra complex, which if unresolved could later lead to hysterical disorder?

phallic

A woman who is particularly threatened by any display of her own anger becomes unable to speak when she is most angry with her husband, thereby keeping the anger out of her awareness. According to psychodynamic theorists, she is achieving _____ from her illness.

primary gain

Therapists who take a reinforcement approach while treating a conversion disorder would be MOST likely to focus on:

reducing the rewards available for displaying the disorder.

A therapist is treating a client with a conversion disorder. The therapist is working to reduce the pleasurable outcomes associated with being sick and increase the rewards associated with being well. What is this technique called?

reinforcement

Munchausen syndrome by proxy is MOST likely to adversely affect the physical well-being of:

the child of the person experiencing it.

Increasingly concerned about my minor heartbeat irregularities, I think that my health is being threatened. My therapist tells me I am misinterpreting my body's normal signals. Which viewpoint is the therapist speaking from?

the cognitive-behavioral viewpoint

Which is likely to be useful in distinguishing conversion or somatic symptom disorders from true medical problems?

the failure of a condition to develop as expected

A professional healthcare provider has evidence that a patient has intentionally faked her illness. To determine whether the patient is malingering or experiencing a factitious disorder, what must be examined?

the motivation the patient has for assuming the sick role