IVC PSYC 37 with Prof. Tucker EXAM 2
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Factitious Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER Disorder in which a person feigns or induces physical symptoms,
typically for the purpose of assuming the role of a sick person
Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another - CORRECT ANSWER False creation of physical or psychological
symptoms, or deceptive production of injury or disease, in another person, even without external rewards for such
ailments.
Factitious disorder seems to be particularly common among people who: - CORRECT ANSWER (1) received
extensive treatment for a medical problem as children
(2) carry a grudge against the medical profession (3) have worked as a nurse, laboratory technician, or medical aide
Conversion Disorder is - CORRECT ANSWER A disorder in which a person's bodily symptoms affect his or her
voluntary motor and sensory functions, but the symptoms are inconsistent with known medical diseases. It is twice as
common in women
Conversion disorder DSM-5 Checklist - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Presence of at least one symptom or deficit that
affects voluntary or sensory function.
2. Symptoms are found to be inconsistent with known neurological or medical disease.
3. Significant distress or impairment.
Somatic Symptom Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER A disorder in which people become disproportionately
distressed, concerned, and anxious about bodily symptoms they are experiencing, and their lives are disproportionately
disrupted by the symptoms.
Somatic Symptom Disorder DSM-5 Checklist - CORRECT ANSWER (1) Person experiences at least one upsetting
or repeatedly disruptive physical (somatic) symptom.
(2) Person experiences an unreasonable number of thoughts, feelings, and behavior regarding the nature or implications of
the physical symptoms, including one of the following:
(a) Repeated, excessive thoughts about their seriousness.
(b) Continual high anxiety about their nature or health implications.
(c) Disproportionate amounts of time and energy spent on the symptoms or their health implications.
(3) Physical symptoms usually continue to some degree for more than 6 month
Somatization Pattern - CORRECT ANSWER individual with somatization disorder experiences a large and varied
number of bodily symptoms
Predominant pain pattern - CORRECT ANSWER The person with somatization disorder's PRIMARY bodily
problem is the experience of pain
Psychodynamic Explanation of Conversion and Somatic Symptom disorder - CORRECT ANSWER Freud:
Emotional conflicts into physical symptoms. Specifically a result of sexual repression e.g. caused by parents overreacting
to their daughter's early displays of affection for her father, by repeatedly punishing her.
Modern: Unconscious conflicts carried forth from childhood and converting this conflict into "more tolerable" physical
symptoms.
Primary gain: Internal conflict is kept out of awareness.
Secondary gain: People elicit kindness and give you attention.
Cognitive-behavioral Explanation of Conversion and Somatic Symptom disorder - CORRECT ANSWER 1.
Rewards. Yielding benefits from their illness (e.g. attention) is key.
2. Or using physical symptoms as communication tool to express difficult emotions
, illness anxiety disorder (hypochondriasis) - CORRECT ANSWER A disorder in which people are chronically
anxious about and preoccupied with the notion that they have or are developing a serious medical illness, despite the
absence of somatic symptoms.
Psychophysiological Disorders - CORRECT ANSWER Disorders in which biological, psychological, and
sociocultural factors interact to cause or worsen a physical illness. Also known as psychological factors affecting other
medical conditions.
Examples of psychophysiological disorders - CORRECT ANSWER Ulcers, asthma, insomnia, chronic headaches,
high blood pressure (hypertension), and coronary heart disease
Factors that contribute to Psychophysiological Disorders - CORRECT ANSWER Biological: deficits in the
autonomic nervous system (ANS), proneness to high blood pressure, weak gastrointestinal tract etc.
Psychological factors: Certain needs, attitudes, emotions, or coping styles may cause people to overreact repeatedly to
stressors. Being a Type A or Type B person (Type A's more likely to develop high blood pressure)
Sociocultural factors: Poverty, discrimination etc. = stress and psychological issues = diseases
Psychoimmunology - CORRECT ANSWER Looks for links between psychosocial stress, the immune system, and
health
Psychoimmunology on Stress and health - CORRECT ANSWER Stress can interfere with the activity of
lymphocytes (natural killer T-cells, helper T-cells and B-cells) and other parts of the immune system, slowing them down
and thus increasing a person's susceptibility to viral and bacterial infections
Why and when stress interferes with immune functioning (Biological) - CORRECT ANSWER 1) Long term stress
causes norepinephrine to travel to receptors on certain lymphocytes and gives them an inhibitory message to stop their
activity
2) An extended release of cortisol and other stress hormones causes the stress hormones to travel to lymphocytes and send
inhibitory messages
3) Stress hormones trigger an cytokines - too many cytokines creates inflammation
Why and when stress interferes with immune functioning (Behavioral) - CORRECT ANSWER People who are
stressed may become depressed etc. and behave in self-destructive ways; drinking, bad diet, no exersice, which all lower
immune system functioning
Why and when stress interferes with immune functioning (Personality style) - CORRECT ANSWER Persons who
cope effectively with life stressors (optimism, resilience etc.) have better immune functioning
Why and when stress interferes with immune functioning (Social support) - CORRECT ANSWER People with
better social support both have better immune systems (lymphocyte response) when stresses, and are less likely to
experience stress and related illnesses.
Behavioral Medicine - CORRECT ANSWER An interdisciplinary field that integrates behavioral and medical
knowledge and applies that knowledge to health and disease
Psychological Treatments for Physical Disorders - CORRECT ANSWER Relaxation training, biofeedback (EMG),
meditation, hypnosis, cognitive interventions (self-instruction training), support groups and emotion expression,
combination approaches
They work by either teaching the subject to control physical tension and stress, and generally rid negative emotion that
affect health
Anorexia Nervosa (description, gender, peak age) - CORRECT ANSWER An eating disorder characterized by an
obstinate and willful refusal to eat, a distorted body image, and an intense fear of being fat
75-90% females, peak age between 14-20
Anorexia Nervosa DSM-5 Checklist - CORRECT ANSWER 1) Individual purposely takes in too little
nourishment, resulting in body weight that is very low and below that of other people of similar age and gender.
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Factitious Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER Disorder in which a person feigns or induces physical symptoms,
typically for the purpose of assuming the role of a sick person
Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another - CORRECT ANSWER False creation of physical or psychological
symptoms, or deceptive production of injury or disease, in another person, even without external rewards for such
ailments.
Factitious disorder seems to be particularly common among people who: - CORRECT ANSWER (1) received
extensive treatment for a medical problem as children
(2) carry a grudge against the medical profession (3) have worked as a nurse, laboratory technician, or medical aide
Conversion Disorder is - CORRECT ANSWER A disorder in which a person's bodily symptoms affect his or her
voluntary motor and sensory functions, but the symptoms are inconsistent with known medical diseases. It is twice as
common in women
Conversion disorder DSM-5 Checklist - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Presence of at least one symptom or deficit that
affects voluntary or sensory function.
2. Symptoms are found to be inconsistent with known neurological or medical disease.
3. Significant distress or impairment.
Somatic Symptom Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER A disorder in which people become disproportionately
distressed, concerned, and anxious about bodily symptoms they are experiencing, and their lives are disproportionately
disrupted by the symptoms.
Somatic Symptom Disorder DSM-5 Checklist - CORRECT ANSWER (1) Person experiences at least one upsetting
or repeatedly disruptive physical (somatic) symptom.
(2) Person experiences an unreasonable number of thoughts, feelings, and behavior regarding the nature or implications of
the physical symptoms, including one of the following:
(a) Repeated, excessive thoughts about their seriousness.
(b) Continual high anxiety about their nature or health implications.
(c) Disproportionate amounts of time and energy spent on the symptoms or their health implications.
(3) Physical symptoms usually continue to some degree for more than 6 month
Somatization Pattern - CORRECT ANSWER individual with somatization disorder experiences a large and varied
number of bodily symptoms
Predominant pain pattern - CORRECT ANSWER The person with somatization disorder's PRIMARY bodily
problem is the experience of pain
Psychodynamic Explanation of Conversion and Somatic Symptom disorder - CORRECT ANSWER Freud:
Emotional conflicts into physical symptoms. Specifically a result of sexual repression e.g. caused by parents overreacting
to their daughter's early displays of affection for her father, by repeatedly punishing her.
Modern: Unconscious conflicts carried forth from childhood and converting this conflict into "more tolerable" physical
symptoms.
Primary gain: Internal conflict is kept out of awareness.
Secondary gain: People elicit kindness and give you attention.
Cognitive-behavioral Explanation of Conversion and Somatic Symptom disorder - CORRECT ANSWER 1.
Rewards. Yielding benefits from their illness (e.g. attention) is key.
2. Or using physical symptoms as communication tool to express difficult emotions
, illness anxiety disorder (hypochondriasis) - CORRECT ANSWER A disorder in which people are chronically
anxious about and preoccupied with the notion that they have or are developing a serious medical illness, despite the
absence of somatic symptoms.
Psychophysiological Disorders - CORRECT ANSWER Disorders in which biological, psychological, and
sociocultural factors interact to cause or worsen a physical illness. Also known as psychological factors affecting other
medical conditions.
Examples of psychophysiological disorders - CORRECT ANSWER Ulcers, asthma, insomnia, chronic headaches,
high blood pressure (hypertension), and coronary heart disease
Factors that contribute to Psychophysiological Disorders - CORRECT ANSWER Biological: deficits in the
autonomic nervous system (ANS), proneness to high blood pressure, weak gastrointestinal tract etc.
Psychological factors: Certain needs, attitudes, emotions, or coping styles may cause people to overreact repeatedly to
stressors. Being a Type A or Type B person (Type A's more likely to develop high blood pressure)
Sociocultural factors: Poverty, discrimination etc. = stress and psychological issues = diseases
Psychoimmunology - CORRECT ANSWER Looks for links between psychosocial stress, the immune system, and
health
Psychoimmunology on Stress and health - CORRECT ANSWER Stress can interfere with the activity of
lymphocytes (natural killer T-cells, helper T-cells and B-cells) and other parts of the immune system, slowing them down
and thus increasing a person's susceptibility to viral and bacterial infections
Why and when stress interferes with immune functioning (Biological) - CORRECT ANSWER 1) Long term stress
causes norepinephrine to travel to receptors on certain lymphocytes and gives them an inhibitory message to stop their
activity
2) An extended release of cortisol and other stress hormones causes the stress hormones to travel to lymphocytes and send
inhibitory messages
3) Stress hormones trigger an cytokines - too many cytokines creates inflammation
Why and when stress interferes with immune functioning (Behavioral) - CORRECT ANSWER People who are
stressed may become depressed etc. and behave in self-destructive ways; drinking, bad diet, no exersice, which all lower
immune system functioning
Why and when stress interferes with immune functioning (Personality style) - CORRECT ANSWER Persons who
cope effectively with life stressors (optimism, resilience etc.) have better immune functioning
Why and when stress interferes with immune functioning (Social support) - CORRECT ANSWER People with
better social support both have better immune systems (lymphocyte response) when stresses, and are less likely to
experience stress and related illnesses.
Behavioral Medicine - CORRECT ANSWER An interdisciplinary field that integrates behavioral and medical
knowledge and applies that knowledge to health and disease
Psychological Treatments for Physical Disorders - CORRECT ANSWER Relaxation training, biofeedback (EMG),
meditation, hypnosis, cognitive interventions (self-instruction training), support groups and emotion expression,
combination approaches
They work by either teaching the subject to control physical tension and stress, and generally rid negative emotion that
affect health
Anorexia Nervosa (description, gender, peak age) - CORRECT ANSWER An eating disorder characterized by an
obstinate and willful refusal to eat, a distorted body image, and an intense fear of being fat
75-90% females, peak age between 14-20
Anorexia Nervosa DSM-5 Checklist - CORRECT ANSWER 1) Individual purposely takes in too little
nourishment, resulting in body weight that is very low and below that of other people of similar age and gender.
