Abnormal Psychology Chapter 6

Gabriel ran hard against a wall until he dislocated his shoulder, bit his lip until it bled, tore his clothing in various areas, and rolled in the dirt. He then went to the ER and told them he was attacked and beaten. He complained of a massive headache, abdominal pain, and shoulder pain. Gabriel meets the criteria for: A. factitious disorder B. malingering C. pain disorder D. factitious disorder imposed on another

A

In dissociative identity disorder, a type of alter is the child alter: A. who is a child who never ages with the individual B. who starts out as a child and ages as the individual ages C. which is not a common type D. who becomes belligerent when under stress

A

When parents fake or even create illnesses in their children in order to gain attention, they meet the criteria for: A. factitious disorder imposed on another B. Munchausen's syndrome C. conversion disorder by proxy D. malingering by proxy

A

Which of the following can cause a dissociative disorder? A concussion during childhood A traumatic event during childhood Sexual abuse during childhood Physical abuse during childhood

A traumatic event during childhood Sexual abuse during childhood Physical abuse during childhood

Which of the following are criteria for dissociative amnesia? A. Symptoms that cause significant distress or impairment B. Inability to recall important autobiographical information C. Not better explained by DID, PTSD, acute stress disorder, or somatization disorder D. Disturbance due to a direct physiological effect of a substance

A, B, C

The primary forms of dissociative amnesia are: (multiply answers) A. Selective B. Generalized C. Postpartum D. Localized

A, B, D

Which of the following symptoms are exhibited by children with dissociative identity disorder? (multiple answer) A. Hypervigilance B. Sleepwalking C. Exaggerated startle response D. Flashbacks

A, C, D

Maureen was driving her car when an elderly man stepped directly in front of her moving vehicle and was killed. Although she was not injured, Maureen started to wander the streets aimlessly until she was picked up by the police and brought to a hospital. She had no knowledge of the accident or who she was. Maureen's symptoms fit the criteria for: A. Dissociative amnesia B. Organic amnesia C. DID

A.

In treating conversion disorder, behavioral therapists attempt to healthier clients focus on relieving their _________ around the initial trauma and on reducing any _________ the clients are receiving from the conversion symptoms.

Anxiety - Benefits

People who develop dissociative identity disorder self-report which of the following? (multi-answer) A. Childhood Abandonment B. Childhood Sexual Abuse C. Childhood Peer Problems D. Childhood Physical Abuse

B, D

Controversy over the diagnosis of dissociative amnesia increased in response to: A. the argument that clinical evidence is lacking B. claims that some survivors of childhood sexual abuse repressed their memories of the abuse for years C. adults confessing to abusing their children many years after the abuse took place D. the lack of empirical support regarding these issues

B.

Tonya has been diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder. She sometimes displays other personalities with names such as Ralph, Geraldine, and Twinkle. The other personalities are known as: A. Subegos B. Alters C. Subpersonalities D. Egos

B.

When an individual travels to a new place and assumes a new identity with no memory of his or her previous identity, he or she is experiencing: A. Selective amnesia B. Dissociative fugue C. Localized amnesia D. Generalized amnesia

B.

A form of organic amnesia that involves the inability to remember new information is known as: A. Generalized amnesia B. Localized amnesia C. Anterograde amnesia D. Selective amnesia

C.

Psychogenic amnesia may be the result of: A. too many periods of anterograde amnesia B. using dissociations against intolerable memories or stressors C. having an imaginary friend as a child D. escaping sexual abuse as a child and creating a fugue state to repress those memories

C.

Therapists who view conversion symptoms as the result of the transfer of the psychic energy attached to repressed emotions or memories to physical symptoms come from the __________ perspective. A. Humanistic B. Cognitive-Behavioral C. Psychodynamic D. CognItive

C.

________ amnesia is the inability to remember information from the past. A. Anterograde B. Generalized C. Retrograde D. Localized

C.

_________ amnesia arises in the absence of any brain injury or disease and is thought to have psychological causes. A. Physiological B. Anterograde C. Psychogenic D. Organic

C.

People with dissociative amnesia: A. usually forget everything that happened from adolescence to the present time B. get this disorder from a serious head trauma or some other organic cause C. became amnesic from ordinary forgetfulness D. are unable to remember information about an event or set of events in their lives

D

A difficulty in diagnosing somatic symptom disorder is that the individual: A. May have hypochondriasis, and it is difficult to distinguish between the two. B. May be taking so many over-the-counter medications that it is difficult to understand the true nature of the problem. C. May describe so many symptoms that it is difficult to focus on the more specific symptoms. D. May have a real physical disorder that is difficult to detect.

D.

Franklin went to his doctor because when he awakened in the morning, he was paralyzed on his left side. After exhaustive medical testing, Franklin's doctor could not find anything physically wrong. Franklin had witnessed a house fire the day before at which people were trapped inside as they were dying. Franklin's symptoms meet. the criteria of: A. psychosomatic neurological symptom disorder B. factitious neurological symptom disorder C. hypothetical neurological symptom disorder D. functional neurological symptom disorder

D.

With _________, different parts of an individual's identity, memories, or consciousness split off from one another.

Dissociation

The disorder in which it paperers that the individual has developed more than one personality with its associated sense of self is _______ ________ disorder.

Dissociative Identity

In _____________ disorder, people show a pattern of falsifying symptoms that are either physical, psychological, or a combination of both.

Factitious

Generalized retrograde amnesia for entire pasts and identities appear to be fairly common. TRUE or FALSE

False

Evidence from some family history studies suggests that DID does not have genetic evidence in twin studies. TRUE or FALSE

False; it may run in some families.

A person who remains home, suffering in silence and refusing to seek medical advice most likely is suffering from somatic symptom disorder. TRUE or FALSE

False; they may insist on medical procedures, including surgeries, avoid a wide range of activities, and assume the worst; cancer, stroke, heart attack.

A person with an illness anxiety disorder will not go to the doctor unless they think the symptoms are very serious. TRUE or FALSE

False; they will worry that they will develop or have a serious illness therefore go to the doctor

The most common causes of dissociation are probably _____ and _____.

Fatigue and Stress

People with ____ _____ disorder worry that they will develop or have a serious illness but do not always experience severe physical symptoms

Illness anxiety

Employees who deliberately feign sickness to get out of going to work are _________________.

Malingering

Which of the following are common symptoms of conversion disorder? Paralysis Seizures Mutism Delusions

Paralysis Seizures Mutism

Like conversion disorder, ______ _______ disorder involves the expression of psychological issues through bodily symptoms without any known medical condition or the effects of a substance.

Somatic Symptom

People who are malingering fake a symptom or a disorder in order to avoid an unwanted situation or to gain something. TRUE or FALSE

True

Psychogenic amnesia arises in the absence of a brain injury or diseases and is thought to have psychological causes. TRUE or FALSE

True

Somatic symptoms and illness anxiety disorder may be a part of PTSD. TRUE or FALSE

True

Stress and fatigue are the most common causes of dissociation, TRUE or FALSE

True

Illness Anxiety Disorder

a form of anxiety characterized by a preoccupation with fears of having a serious medical illness based on misinterpretations of bodily sensations (formerly called hypochondriasis)

Anterograde Amnesia

deficit in the ability to learn new information

Retrograde Amnesia

deficit in the ability to recall previously learned information or past events

Dissociative Fugue

disorder in which one travels away from home and is unable to remember details of his past, including often his identity

Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another

disorder in which the individual creates an illness in another individual in order to gain attention

Factitious Disorder

disorder marked by deliberately faking physical or mental illness to gain medical attention

Malingering

feigning of a symptom or a disorder for the purpose of avoiding an unwanted situation, such as military service

Organic Amnesia

loss of memory caused by brain injury resulting from disease, drugs, accidents (blows to head), or surgery

Dissociative Amnesia

loss of memory for important facts about a person's own life and personal identity, usually including the awareness of this memory loss

Psychogenic Amnesia

loss of memory in the absence of any brain injury or disease and thought to have psychological causes

Dissociation

process whereby different facets of an individual's sense of self, memories, or consciousness become split off from one another

Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

syndrome in which a person develops more than one distinct identity or personality, each of which can have distinct facial and verbal expressions, gestures, interpersonal styles, attitudes, and even physiological responses

Conversion Disorder (Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder)

syndrome marked by a sudden loss of functioning in a part of the body, usually following an extreme psychological stressor

Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder

syndrome marked by frequent episodes of feeling detached from one's own body and mental processes, as if one were an outside observer of oneself; symptoms must cause significant distress or interference with one's ability to function

Somatic Symptom Disorders

syndrome marked by health concerns that are excessive given actual physical health, that persist despite contrary evidence, and that interfere with daily functioning