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Psy 657 - Exam 1 Questions And Answers
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Malingering - Answer✔1. intentionally claiming to have a problem that, in fact, you do not have
2. motivated by external or tangible incentives or gains
(tangible gain- not empathy, etc)
Epidemiology - Answer✔concerned with incidence, prevalence, distribution
Analogue study - Answer✔an investigation that attempts to replicate or simulate, under
controlled conditions, a situation that occurs in real life
external validity - Answer✔extent to which we can generalize findings to real-world settings
internal validity - Answer✔extent to which we can draw cause-and-effect inferences from a
study
Factitious disorder (munchausen) - Answer✔A disorder in which the patient consciously creates
the signs/ symptoms of an illness and misrepresents the history to assume the patient role and
get medical attention (primary gain- internal)
Patient is aware that their symptoms is intentional (mechanism for the symptoms is
clear/conscious)
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but the motivation behind the symptoms is unclear/ unconscious.
may be for itself or by proxy
illness anxiety disorder (hypochondriasis) - Answer✔a disorder in which a person interprets
normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease
There's no intent to fool anyone. They are genuinely worried about their health. They are not
causing an illness. They are simply, but profoundly, anxious about their well-being.
It's the exaggerated interpretation of any particular physical complaint as being evidence of
some real serious illness.
somatic symptom disorder - Answer✔a combination of a diagnosis in DSM IV called
somatization disorder as well as a diagnosis called somatoform pain disorder, and,
hypochondriasis
Conversion Disorder (Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder) - Answer✔that some
psychological stressful event or trauma is being converted or transformed into physical
complaints
Freud
might be nonchalant about symptoms
placebo works very well w them
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Psy 657 - Exam 1 Questions And Answers
|Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
Malingering - Answer✔1. intentionally claiming to have a problem that, in fact, you do not have
2. motivated by external or tangible incentives or gains
(tangible gain- not empathy, etc)
Epidemiology - Answer✔concerned with incidence, prevalence, distribution
Analogue study - Answer✔an investigation that attempts to replicate or simulate, under
controlled conditions, a situation that occurs in real life
external validity - Answer✔extent to which we can generalize findings to real-world settings
internal validity - Answer✔extent to which we can draw cause-and-effect inferences from a
study
Factitious disorder (munchausen) - Answer✔A disorder in which the patient consciously creates
the signs/ symptoms of an illness and misrepresents the history to assume the patient role and
get medical attention (primary gain- internal)
Patient is aware that their symptoms is intentional (mechanism for the symptoms is
clear/conscious)
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but the motivation behind the symptoms is unclear/ unconscious.
may be for itself or by proxy
illness anxiety disorder (hypochondriasis) - Answer✔a disorder in which a person interprets
normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease
There's no intent to fool anyone. They are genuinely worried about their health. They are not
causing an illness. They are simply, but profoundly, anxious about their well-being.
It's the exaggerated interpretation of any particular physical complaint as being evidence of
some real serious illness.
somatic symptom disorder - Answer✔a combination of a diagnosis in DSM IV called
somatization disorder as well as a diagnosis called somatoform pain disorder, and,
hypochondriasis
Conversion Disorder (Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder) - Answer✔that some
psychological stressful event or trauma is being converted or transformed into physical
complaints
Freud
might be nonchalant about symptoms
placebo works very well w them
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