Abnormal Psych Final
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?
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
Somatic complaints are very common in non-Western medical settings. This pattern MOST likely reflects:
a Western bias that sees somatization as an inferior way to handle emotions.
Someone who has Munchausen syndrome also, by definition, has:
a factitious disorder
Just before debuting at Carnegie Hall, a pianist suffered abrupt paralysis of her entire left hand. She has no known medical conditions that are associated with this symptom. This description MOST closely aligns with:
conversion disorder
The BEST example of malingering is a person who:
feigns an illness to achieve some external gain, such as financial compensation.
An expected finding in someone with illness anxiety disorder is:
frequent checking of the body for signs of illness
A woman complains of an assortment of physiological ailments. You think that she is intentionally producing the physical symptoms to appear sick, which fills some psychological need. If this is true, the appropriate diagnosis is
malingering
Why do some researchers believe mass psychogenic illnesses will increase and become more severe in the future?
the power of social media will increase
Adrian recently graduated from college and has started a new job in his field of study. He has very long work hours and gets little sleep. He quit exercising and is not eating a balanced diet. If he develops a psychophysiological disorder, it will be because of:
behavioral changes
The _____ assigns numerical values to the stress that most people experience at some time in their lives.
social readjustment scale
Jana 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:
social support
