Abnormal Chapter 10
A woman has close female relatives diagnosed with a somatization pattern of somatic symptom disorder. According to research, her probability of being diagnosed with the same disorder is about...
20%
Research has found that if a person's life change credits (LCU'S) totaled more than __ over the course of a year, he or she was particularly likely to develop serious health problems
300 LCU's
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. You would diagnose...
A factitious disorder
Having a background in medicine, but also a grudge against the profession, puts a person at risk for...
A factitious disorder
If a chronically ill child was removed from his or her home and placed in foster care, and then became quite healthy, one might suspect the parent (usually the mother) was experiencing....
A factitious disorder
Conversion disorders most often appear in...
Adolescence
What is a foreign invader of the body?
Antigen
Fungi are an example of...
Antigens
Shelly is experiencing shortness of breath, wheezing, and coughing, and feels as if she is choking. What does Shelly have?
Asthma
Worldwide, 235 million people suffer from...
Asthma
Defects in the ______ system are thought to contribute to the development of psychophysiological disorders.
Autonomic Nervous
____ produces antigens
B cells
____ compared the immune systems of 26 people whose spouse had died 8 weeks earlier with those of 26 matched control group participants whose spouses had not died. Blood samples revealed that lymphocyte functioning was much lower in the bereaved people than in controls.
Bartrop and colleagues
"It seems to me that people with illness anxiety disorder simply model what they see others doing" A person with which theoretical view would be most likely to say this?
Behavioral
Every time Miguel had a headache, his mother let him miss school. Now, as an adult, his headaches have become more frequent. His head pounds any time he is required to do something he would rather not do. This is a _____ explanation of conversion symptoms.
Behavioral
The first time the patient reported vague chest pains to a 911 operator, local EMT's responded with obvious attention and concern. Over the next several months, the patient called 911 more and more often, receiving the same concerned care for the same symptoms. This pattern of patient response is MOST easily explained by which theoretical perspective?
Behavioral
Margo feels a lot of stress from home and has started drinking more than usual. If she develops a psychophysiological disorder it will be because of...
Behavioral changes
Shelly has started smoking to help ease her stress from work. if she develops a psychophysiological disorder, it will be a result of...
Behavioral changes
____ has been of some help in the treatment of heartbeat irregularities, asthma, high blood pressure, stuttering, and pain
Biofeedback training
In the later half of the nineteenth century, a person who today is diagnosed with somatic symptom disorder would MOST likely have been diagnosed with...
Briquet's Syndrome
Increasingly concerned about my minor heartbeat irregularities, I think that my health is being threatened, and more and more often I misinterpret my body's normal signals. What viewpoint best explains my experiences?
Cognitive
Albert had finally had enough of his inability to walk. He went to a psychologist, who told him there was nothing medically wrong with him. The therapist was using the treatment approach of...
Confrontation
Just before debuting at Carnegie Hall, the pianist suffered paralysis of her left hand. What best describes her behavior?
Conversion disorder
Disorders that represent the conversion of conflicts and anxiety into physical symptoms would include...
Conversion disorders
The leading cause of death globally, resulting in 7.3 million deaths each year is...
Coronary heart disease
In one study, asthma and arthritis patients 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
Who developed the Social Readjustment Rating Scale?
Holmes and Rahe
Beyond its use in control of pain, ____ has been used successfully to help treat such problems as skin diseases, asthma, insomnia, high blood pressure, warts, and other forms of infection
Hypnosis
Which system is the body's network of activities and cells that identify and destroy antigens and cancer cells?
Immune cells
About what percentage of american men experience a somatic symptom disorder in a given year?
Less than 1 percent
_____ are white blood cells that circulate through the lymph system and bloodstream
Lymphocytes
An individual who has been diagnosed with a somatic symptom disorder would MOST likely first seek...
Medical help
_____ is a technique of turning one's concentration inward, achieving a slightly changed state of consciousness, and temporarily ignoring all stressors
Meditation
With ____, a person pays attention to feelings, thoughts, and sensations that are flowing through his or her mind but do so with detachment and objectivity and, most important, without judgement
Mindfulness Meditation
Steven tends to fall asleep at the drop of a hat: while watching TV, eating, and even driving. He would most likely be diagnosed with...
Narcolepsy
You are a therapist using self-instruction training. Your client repeatedly tells you, "I can't take the pain. It's just too much." This is an example of a
Negative self-statement
If stress continues for an extended period of time, ___ and ___ give a inhibitory message to lymphocytes
Norepinephrine; corticosteroids
Kelsey feels stressed because of her responsibilities of being a mom. However, she tends to be optimistic, engages in constructive coping, and is resilient. The likelihood of her developing a psychophysiological disorder is slim due to...
Personality style
A group of physical illnesses that seem to be caused or worsened by an interaction of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors is called...
Psychological factors affecting other medical conditions
____ is the study of the connections between stress, the body's immune system, and illness
Psychoneuroimmunology
Behavioral therapists treating a conversion disorder would be most likely to focus on...
Reducing the rewards available for displaying the disorder
______, often in combination with medication has been widely used in the treatment of high blood pressure.
Relaxation Training
Theresa has hypertension. Which is most likely to be recommended as a treatment for her?
Relaxation training
____ and ____ are equally helpful in the treatment of high blood pressure, headaches. and asthma
Relaxation training and biofeedback training
Who is most likely to experience a psychophysiological disorder?
Sean, an African American male in his thirties
If a man's behavior elicited kindness and sympathy from his wife when he was mute, he would be receiving _____ gains from his behavior...
Secondary
It was convenient when Rowena awoke blind. She had been terrified about testifying in court and now she did not have to. This is an example of...
Secondary gain
Janet has been diagnosed with breast cancer. She has a very supportive husband, caring children, and several friends who will provide support for her during her recovery. As a result of this ____, she is more likely to have a successful recovery.
Social Support
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...
Social Support
A woman has experienced a wide range of vague but disturbing physical symptoms over a period of several years. Doctors cannot find a cause for the problems; medically, the woman appears normal. Based on this information, the BEST diagnosis would be...
Somatic Symptom Disorder (somatization disorder)
A patient had several surgeries over the years for vague and nonspecific sexual reproductive problem, visiting many of the top hospital on the East Coast during the course of treatment. he Best diagnosis for this disorder is...
Somatic symptom Disorder
If a person complains of a wide variety of physical symptoms over a period of time in the absence of a physical basis for the symptoms, the diagnosis would likely be...
Somatic symptom disorder
Abnormalities that are thought to have both biological and psychological causes are diagnosed as...
Somatic symptoms disorder
Stress leads to increased activity by the...
Sympathetic nervous system
Approximately 45 million Americans suffer from...
Tension headaches
What statement best reflects our understanding of hysterical disorders?
The causes of hysterical disorders are POORLY UNDERSTOOD, with NO THEORY predominant in aiding understanding
Munchausen syndrome by proxy is MOST likely to adversely affect the physical well-being of...
The child of the person experiencing it
What is likely to be useful in distinguishing conversion or somatic symptom disorder from true medical problems?
The failure of a condition to develop as expected
What statement would a cognitive theorist be MOST likely to say about hysterical disorders?
The patient is otherwise unable to communicate difficult emotions
The main criticism of the behavioral and psychodynamic explanations for the maintenance of hysterical disorders is that...
They can't explain how the gains outweigh the pain of the disorder
What is true of factitious disorders?
Those with factitious disorder are not trying to achieve some external gain by faking illness
People with ______ are thought to be more relaxed, less aggressive, and less concerned about time.
Type B personality style