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Quizzes 7.1 to 7.6

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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.  
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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  
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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.  
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Secondary victimization occurs when sexual assault victims   are blamed for their role in the trauma.  
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Emergency workers are less likely to be traumatized by disasters than other people because of their   preparation for and commitment to combating stressful circumstances.  
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Which of the following traumas is most likely like to lead to the development of PTSD?   Sexual assault  
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The high prevalence of PTSD among veterans of the Vietnam War was likely exacerbated by   a lack of social support after the conflict.  
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How does emotional processing influence the course and outcome of PTSD?   By heightening traumatic experience in order to process its effects  
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Which of the following changes might improve the effectiveness of critical incident stress debriefings?   Organize groups of clients based on their personal affiliation.  
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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  
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Sigmund Freud understood dissociative states as   attempts by the ego to avoid aberrant thoughts and desires.  
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Hypnosis most likely demonstrates an individual's   proclivity for compliance.  
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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.  
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Which of the following events would most likely cause an episode of dissociative amnesia?   Witnessing a murder  
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Skepticism of recovered memories is warranted due to the   unreliability of long-term recall of specific events.  
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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  
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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  
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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  
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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  
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Which of the following provides the best analogy for the phenomenon of iatrogenesis?   Radiating a benign tumor  
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Patients with somatic disorders contribute greatly to health-care expenditures by   seeking physical remedies for psychological problems.  
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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.  
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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.  
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Which of the following features does body dysmorphic disorder share with somatic symptom disorders?   Uncorroborated concern about an aspect of the body  
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Factitious disorder is distinguished from other somatic symptom disorders in that   affected individuals are aware that their problems aren't real.  
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Which of the following might explain the decline in conversion disorders over the last century?   The sources of genuine physiological symptoms have been identified.  
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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.  
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Freud hypothesized that the primary gain of hysterical (somatic) symptoms was   releasing the tension of subconscious conflict.  
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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.  
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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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