ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 8E FULLY SOLVED
EXAM PAPER GRADED A+
◉ A woman has close female relatives diagnosed with a
somatization pattern of somatic symptom disorder. According to
research, her probability of being diagnosed with the same disorder
is about:
Answer: 20 percent
◉ About what percentage of American men experience a somatic
symptom disorder in a given year?
Answer: less than 1 percent
◉ In the latter half of the nineteenth century, a person who today is
diagnosed with somatic symptom disorder would MOST likely have
been diagnosed with:
Answer: Briquet's syndrome
◉ Which statement BEST reflects our understanding of hysterical
disorders?
Answer: The cause of hysterical disorders are poorly understood,
with no theory predominant in aiding understanding
,◉ According to the psychodynamic view, conversion disorder
symptoms function to keep unacceptable thoughts and conflicts out
of consciousness. This is called:
Answer: primary gain
◉ If was convenient when Rowena awoke blind. She had been
terrified about testifying and now she did not have to. This is an
example of:
Answer: repression
◉ If a man's behavior elicited kindness and sympathy from his wife
when he was mute, he would be receiving _______ gains from his
behavior.
Answer: secondary
◉ "It's obvious that the patient observed friends who had symptoms
of illness, then imitated those symptoms to get attention," says the
therapist. MOST likely, the therapist has which theoretical
perspective?
Answer: behavioral
◉ If you were a therapist with a behavioral view, which of the
following questions would you be MOST likely to ask someone you
suspected might have a somatic symptom disorder?
Answer: "Has any friend of yours had similar symptoms recently?"
, ◉ That people with somatic disorders use their symptoms to
express emotions they cannot easily express otherwise reflects the:
Answer: cognitive view
◉ Residents of Japan are more likely than residents of the United
States to show higher rates of somatic complaints, MOST likely
reflecting:
Answer: a Western bias that sees somatization as an inferior as an
inferior way to handle emotions
◉ A therapist treating an individual with a conversion disorder
works to reduce pleasurable outcomes associated with being sick,
while increasing pleasurable outcomes associated with being well.
This technique is called:
Answer: reinforcement
◉ Based on evidence from case studies, the BEST advice you could
give someone who is experiencing a conversion disorder about
seeking treatment is:
Answer: "Approaches using suggestion, reinforcement, and
confrontation are often used."
◉ Imagine someone gets hit in the nose by a batted ball. The latest
research suggests that swearing will:
EXAM PAPER GRADED A+
◉ A woman has close female relatives diagnosed with a
somatization pattern of somatic symptom disorder. According to
research, her probability of being diagnosed with the same disorder
is about:
Answer: 20 percent
◉ About what percentage of American men experience a somatic
symptom disorder in a given year?
Answer: less than 1 percent
◉ In the latter half of the nineteenth century, a person who today is
diagnosed with somatic symptom disorder would MOST likely have
been diagnosed with:
Answer: Briquet's syndrome
◉ Which statement BEST reflects our understanding of hysterical
disorders?
Answer: The cause of hysterical disorders are poorly understood,
with no theory predominant in aiding understanding
,◉ According to the psychodynamic view, conversion disorder
symptoms function to keep unacceptable thoughts and conflicts out
of consciousness. This is called:
Answer: primary gain
◉ If was convenient when Rowena awoke blind. She had been
terrified about testifying and now she did not have to. This is an
example of:
Answer: repression
◉ If a man's behavior elicited kindness and sympathy from his wife
when he was mute, he would be receiving _______ gains from his
behavior.
Answer: secondary
◉ "It's obvious that the patient observed friends who had symptoms
of illness, then imitated those symptoms to get attention," says the
therapist. MOST likely, the therapist has which theoretical
perspective?
Answer: behavioral
◉ If you were a therapist with a behavioral view, which of the
following questions would you be MOST likely to ask someone you
suspected might have a somatic symptom disorder?
Answer: "Has any friend of yours had similar symptoms recently?"
, ◉ That people with somatic disorders use their symptoms to
express emotions they cannot easily express otherwise reflects the:
Answer: cognitive view
◉ Residents of Japan are more likely than residents of the United
States to show higher rates of somatic complaints, MOST likely
reflecting:
Answer: a Western bias that sees somatization as an inferior as an
inferior way to handle emotions
◉ A therapist treating an individual with a conversion disorder
works to reduce pleasurable outcomes associated with being sick,
while increasing pleasurable outcomes associated with being well.
This technique is called:
Answer: reinforcement
◉ Based on evidence from case studies, the BEST advice you could
give someone who is experiencing a conversion disorder about
seeking treatment is:
Answer: "Approaches using suggestion, reinforcement, and
confrontation are often used."
◉ Imagine someone gets hit in the nose by a batted ball. The latest
research suggests that swearing will:
