Exam 6: Dissociative Disorders, Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders, and Psychological Factors Affecting Physical Health

Psychodynamic theory does not explain how energies from unconscious conflicts become transformed into physical symptoms.

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Question 61

The text cites a case example about Rutger, a businessman who was hospitalized for a few days after becoming dazed and losing his identity. Rutger was suffering from ______.

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Question 62

In order for someone to be diagnosed with somatic symptom disorder, the physical symptoms must be which of the following?

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Question 63

Jillian is talking with her best friend when she begins to feel anxious, dizzy, and fears that she might be "going crazy." Time seems to be passing in slow-motion and her friend appears To be the size of a toy baby-doll. The feelings and sensations slowly fade as her senses return To normal. Jillian has just suffered an episode of ______.

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Question 64

______ have been developed to help people with multiple personalities integrate their alter personalities.

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Question 65

Some people show up repeatedly at hospital emergency rooms, feigning illness and seeking treatment for no apparent reason.

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Question 66

The DSM-5 name for multiple personality disorder is ______.

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Question 67

What is known about the role of psychological factors in the cause, prevention, and treatment of cancer?

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Question 68

The types of things people "forget" with dissociative amnesia tend to be memories of ______.

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Question 69

Dissociative identity disorder is found primarily in ______.

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Question 70

Japanese are genetically less susceptible to cancer than Americans.

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Question 71

Which of the following have been effective in the treatment of tension headaches?

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Question 72

Identify the type of psychiatric medication that is most helpful in treating the psychological symptoms of HIV patients.

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Question 73

Psychogenic amnesia is the original name for what is now called ______.

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Question 74

Which factor or activity contributes to susceptibility to asthmatic attacks?

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Question 75

Physical disorders in which psychological factors play a causal or contributing role are known as ______ disorders.

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Question 76

Recount various theoretical perspectives on the dissociative disorders.

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Question 77

Rates of asthma have ______ over the last 30 years.

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Question 78

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) shows that the brains of long-term practitioners of meditation have higher levels of activity in the areas involved in which of the following?

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Question 79

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is caused by _____________.

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Psychodynamic theory does not explain how energies from unconscious conflicts become transformed into physical symptoms.

The text cites a case example about Rutger, a businessman who was hospitalized for a few days after becoming dazed and losing his identity. Rutger was suffering from ______.

In order for someone to be diagnosed with somatic symptom disorder, the physical symptoms must be which of the following?

______ have been developed to help people with multiple personalities integrate their alter personalities.

Some people show up repeatedly at hospital emergency rooms, feigning illness and seeking treatment for no apparent reason.

The DSM-5 name for multiple personality disorder is ______.

What is known about the role of psychological factors in the cause, prevention, and treatment of cancer?

The types of things people "forget" with dissociative amnesia tend to be memories of ______.

Dissociative identity disorder is found primarily in ______.

Japanese are genetically less susceptible to cancer than Americans.

Which of the following have been effective in the treatment of tension headaches?

Identify the type of psychiatric medication that is most helpful in treating the psychological symptoms of HIV patients.

Psychogenic amnesia is the original name for what is now called ______.

Which factor or activity contributes to susceptibility to asthmatic attacks?

Physical disorders in which psychological factors play a causal or contributing role are known as ______ disorders.

Recount various theoretical perspectives on the dissociative disorders.

Rates of asthma have ______ over the last 30 years.

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) shows that the brains of long-term practitioners of meditation have higher levels of activity in the areas involved in which of the following?

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is caused by _____________.

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