Three Months Ago, Sheldon's 7-Year-Old Daughter Was Killed When a Car

Three months ago, Sheldon's 7-year-old daughter was killed when a car swerved out of control and hit her as she waited to cross the street. As the police told Sheldon about the accident he felt everything start to go black, and then he found he couldn't see at all. Since then he has been to a number of specialists, but none of the specialists can find anything wrong with his visual system. Sheldon's pupils respond normally to light, and there is activity in the visual cortex when images are presented. Still, Sheldon claims that he cannot see anything. In this case, Sheldon's symptoms are most consistent with

A) somatization disorder.
B) conversion disorder.
C) hypochondriasis.
D) dissociative identity disorder.

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