PSYC CH 6 QUIZ: Somatic and Dissociative Disorders

Which of the following dissociative disorders is characterized by a person developing one or more distinct personalities?

Dissociative Identity Disorder

Jans has a history of drinking heavily before going to bed. His family accuses him of kicking the dog, breaking several dishes, and being verbally abusive on several occasions. Jan recalls none of these incidents and soon begins to forget personal information as well. Jan's memory loss is most likely related to

Korsakoff's syndrome

Which of the following disorders may appear similar in their presentation?

Somatic symptom disorder and illness anxiety disorder

Which of the following statements is true of the somatic symptom disorder?

Studies have shown that changes in the symptoms of people with somatic symptom disorder mirror their emotional well-being

Which of the following alters found in DID offers advice to the other personalities or performs behaviors the host is unable to handle?

The helper

In which of the following countries is DID diagnosed most frequently?

United States

One complication that arises in diagnosing amnesias is the possibility that:

amnesias may be faked by people to escape punishment for crimes committed

Herman has been diagnosed with somatic symptom disorder. He often misinterprets his bodily symptoms that results in increased heart rate, rapid breathing, and dizziness. He states regularly, "If the pain doesn't stop soon, it will probably cause damage to the other parts of my body." Herman is most likely catastrophizing his symptoms. This maladaptive way of thinking is linked with the _____ theoretical perspective.

cognitive

Freud and colleagues (2007) suggest that individuals who dissociate from, and forget, their abusive experiences are most likely to preform differently from other individuals in

cognitive tasks

A dissociative fugue may last for _____ or _____

days; years

somatic symptom disorder and dissociative disorders are considered by some theorists to be the result of a psychological process known as _____, in which different parts of an individual's identity, memories, or consciousness split off from one another.

dissociation

depersonalization/derealization disorder is characterized by:

experiences in which the person feels detached from his/her mental processes, body, or surroundings

_______ was formerly known as hypochondriasis (without physical symptoms)

illness anxiety disorder

People diagnosed with somatic symptom disorder frequently have periods of all of the following EXCEPT

psychotic disorder

The sociocognitive model of DID argues that what appear to be different personalities in patients are actually _______ that help deal with stresses in their lives

roles

Conversion Disorder (Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder) is usually characterized by:

sensory and motor deficits

Freud and his contemporaries viewed conversion symptoms as results of:

the transfer of psychic energy attached to repressed emotions or memories to physical symptoms

When retrograde amnesia is due to organic causes, people will typically remember:

their personal identities