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Abnormal Psychology
Quizzes 7.1 to 7.6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which of the following exemplifies an individual with PTSD experiencing dissociative symptoms? | Elaine feels as if she never actually woke up on the morning she was carjacked. |
| Which of the following secondhand exposures would qualify under DSM-5 criteria for PTSD? | Learning that a sibling has been severely beaten in a mugging |
| Which of the following presents the most cogent argument that acute stress disorder should not be considered a mental illness? | The diagnostic symptoms are indistinguishable from normal reactions. |
| Secondary victimization occurs when sexual assault victims | are blamed for their role in the trauma. |
| Emergency workers are less likely to be traumatized by disasters than other people because of their | preparation for and commitment to combating stressful circumstances. |
| Which of the following traumas is most likely like to lead to the development of PTSD? | Sexual assault |
| The high prevalence of PTSD among veterans of the Vietnam War was likely exacerbated by | a lack of social support after the conflict. |
| How does emotional processing influence the course and outcome of PTSD? | By heightening traumatic experience in order to process its effects |
| Which of the following changes might improve the effectiveness of critical incident stress debriefings? | Organize groups of clients based on their personal affiliation. |
| Which of the following treatments for PTSD is likely to be the most effective? | Encouraging a victim to repeatedly re-experience the events surrounding a traumatic event |
| Sigmund Freud understood dissociative states as | attempts by the ego to avoid aberrant thoughts and desires. |
| Hypnosis most likely demonstrates an individual's | proclivity for compliance. |
| Which of the following examples demonstrates the symptoms of depersonalization? | Georg experiences his daily actions as if he were watching a character on a TV show. |
| Which of the following events would most likely cause an episode of dissociative amnesia? | Witnessing a murder |
| Skepticism of recovered memories is warranted due to the | unreliability of long-term recall of specific events. |
| A victim of a deadly train derailment is diagnosed with dissociative amnesia. Which of the following would match the individual's symptoms? | Loss of memory about the train journey |
| Which of the following developments would bolster the case for the DSM-5's estimated prevalence of dissociative identity disorder? | A robust survey of identified cases in non-Western cultures |
| According to surveys conducted by clinicians, people who report symptoms of dissociative identity disorder are most likely to report which of the following characteristics? | A history of child abuse |
| Which of the following retrospective reports by an individual with a dissociative disorder is most likely to be accurate? | The sequence of events surrounding a house fire |
| Which of the following provides the best analogy for the phenomenon of iatrogenesis? | Radiating a benign tumor |
| Patients with somatic disorders contribute greatly to health-care expenditures by | seeking physical remedies for psychological problems. |
| Which of the following patterns of symptoms would match a diagnosis of conversion disorder? | A patient can move her toes but can't bend her knees. |
| Which of the following exemplifies an individual with illness anxiety disorder? | Hailey becomes convinced that she has a brain tumor after getting two nosebleeds in a month. |
| Which of the following features does body dysmorphic disorder share with somatic symptom disorders? | Uncorroborated concern about an aspect of the body |
| Factitious disorder is distinguished from other somatic symptom disorders in that | affected individuals are aware that their problems aren't real. |
| Which of the following might explain the decline in conversion disorders over the last century? | The sources of genuine physiological symptoms have been identified. |
| The link between antisocial personality disorder and somatic symptoms disorder suggests that | both conditions are caused by high levels of negative emotion coupled with behavioral dysfunction. |
| Freud hypothesized that the primary gain of hysterical (somatic) symptoms was | releasing the tension of subconscious conflict. |
| Which of the following best explains why somatic symptom disorders are more common in non-Western cultures? | A lack of understanding of emotional problems causes physical expression of stress. |
| Which of the following demonstrates the mindfulness approach to treating somatic symptom disorders? | Terry becomes increasingly aware of his numb digits as he comes to accept his condition. |
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