Question 1

Multiple personality disorder and schizophrenia are the same thing.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Somatization disorder

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A)   involves multiple symptoms involving one body part of function.
B)   involves the fear of having multiple different diseases.
C)   involves multiple symptoms of at least four different types.
D)   involves having pain in at least four different areas of the body.E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 3

Dissociation

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A)   only occurs in people with a dissociative disorder.
B)   is a sign that something is seriously wrong.
C)   is extremely rare and not necessarily pathological.
D)   is extremely common and not necessarily pathological.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 4

All of the following are explanations for the increased prevalence of DID EXCEPT

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A)   therapists may be actively looking for DID.
B)   changes in the diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia.
C)   increased public awareness of DID.
D)   the increased incidence of sexual abuse.E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 5

People with hypochondriasis, like people with obsessive-compulsive disorder, have intrusive thoughts that cause them anxiety. The major difference is

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A)   in hypochondriasis, the thoughts are seen as inappropriate and alien, in obsessive-compulsive disorder the intrusive thoughts are seen as appropriate and reasonable.
B)   in hypochondriasis, the thoughts are about one disease only, in obsessive-compulsive disorder the thoughts are about multiple diseases.
C)   in hypochondriasis, the person knows the thoughts are coming from their own head and in obsessive- compulsive disorder, the person believes the thoughts are coming from someone else.
D)   in hypochondriasis, the thoughts are seen as appropriate and reasonable, in obsessive-compulsive disorder the intrusive thoughts are seen as inappropriate and alien.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 6

What are some ways to distinguish between conversion disorder and a true physical problem?

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Question 7

Briefly describe somatization disorder.

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Somatization characterized by multiple c...

Question 8

Explain the difference between somatization disorder and hypochondriasis.

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Question 9

Malingering is a type of somatoform disorder.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The German man, in the study mentioned in the text, who had dissociative fugue denied that he could speak German. However, he learned German-English word pairs much faster than control words. This supports that

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A)   mainly episodic memory is lost, implicit memory stays intact.
B)   both episodic and implicit memory are affected.
C)   most people with dissociative fugue are faking.
D)   mainly implicit memory is lost, episodic memory stays intact.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 11

The inability to learn new information is known as

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A)   retrograde amnesia.
B)   selective amnesia.
C)   anterograde amnesia.
D)   localized amnesia.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

Why has the prevalence of DID been increasing?

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A)   It may be that the prevalence of DID has not changed at all, but that clinicians may unknowingly encourage the emergence of new identities.
B)   Children in today's society are far more likely to experience severe trauma than they were in the past.
C)   As of 1980 most insurance companies had to accept DID as a billable diagnosis.
D)   DID has only recently received full acceptance from the psychiatric community and, as a result, once hesitant professionals now readily using this diagnosis.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 13

What is the main goal of treatment for DID?

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The goal of treatment in DID is usually ...

Question 14

Studies of the brains of individuals with DID

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A)   support the assertion that DID is a real disorder.
B)   find no differences in brain activity associated with different identities.
C)   do not indicate any explanation for interpersonal amnesia.
D)   have provided no consistent findings.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 15

Body dysmorphic disorder is thought to be related to

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A)   obsessive-compulsive disorder and eating disorders.
B)   panic disorder.
C)   depression and bipolar disorders.
D)   dissociative disorders.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 16

Assuming a new identity in a new place is characteristic of

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A)   dissociative identity disorder.
B)   dissociative fugue.
C)   depersonalization disorder.
D)   all forms of dissociative amnesia.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 17

The high incidence of abuse amongst those seeking treatment for DID indicates that abuse plays a specific causal role in the development of DID.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Jeremy suffers from psychogenic amnesia. He probably

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A)   seems quite normal other than for his amnesia.
B)   is able to recognize close friends and relatives but not acquaintances.
C)   can perform only simple tasks, regardless of the complex work that he was able to do previously.
D)   remembers only events from the past and does not remember skills he learned more recently.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 19

"Psychogenic amnesia" and "dissociative amnesia" refer to the same thing.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Discuss the various controversies surrounding the role of abuse in the development of DID. What evidence is there to suggest that abuse does play a causal role in DID?

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While a history of abuse is often report...

Exam 7: Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders

Dissociation

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Discuss the various controversies surrounding the role of abuse in the development of DID. What evidence is there to suggest that abuse does play a causal role in DID?

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Explain the difference between somatization disorder and hypochondriasis.

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The inability to learn new information is known as

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Multiple personality disorder and schizophrenia are the same thing.

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"Psychogenic amnesia" and "dissociative amnesia" refer to the same thing.

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Somatization disorder

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Malingering is a type of somatoform disorder.

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The high incidence of abuse amongst those seeking treatment for DID indicates that abuse plays a specific causal role in the development of DID.

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Why has the prevalence of DID been increasing?

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Body dysmorphic disorder is thought to be related to

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Studies of the brains of individuals with DID

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Jeremy suffers from psychogenic amnesia. He probably

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Briefly describe somatization disorder.

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People with hypochondriasis, like people with obsessive-compulsive disorder, have intrusive thoughts that cause them anxiety. The major difference is

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All of the following are explanations for the increased prevalence of DID EXCEPT

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What are some ways to distinguish between conversion disorder and a true physical problem?

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What is the main goal of treatment for DID?

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