Chapter 20 - Final

Question 1

_____ is the inability to recall important personal information. Usually of traumatic or stressful nature, that is too extensive to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness, and is not due to direct effects of substance use or neurological or other medical conditions

Answer 1

Dissociative Amnesia

Question 2

______ is characterized by the distance of two or more personalities in a single individual. Only one of the personalities is evident at any given moment and one is dominant most of the time

Answer 2

Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

Question 3

______ is a chronic syndrome of multiple somatic symptoms - cannot be explained medically and are associated with psychosocial distress. Chronic. Anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideations are frequently manifested. Drug abuse and dependence not uncommon

Answer 3

Somatic Symptom (Somatization) disorder

Question 4

_____ is a loss of or change in body function resulting from a psychological conflict. Cannot be explained by any known medical disorder or pathophysiology. Symptoms include: paralysis, aphonia, seizures, coordination disturbances, pseudocyesis (false pregnancy)

Answer 4

Conversion Disorder

Question 5

_____ is when individuals pretend to be ill in order to receive emotional care and support commonly associated with the role of patient

Answer 5

Conscious falsification

Question 6

Learns that he or she may avoid stressful obligations or be excused from unwanted duties

Answer 6

Primary Gain

Question 7

Becomes prominent focus of attention because of the illness

Answer 7

Secondary Gain

Question 8

Relieves conflict within family as concern is shifted to the ill person and away from the real issue

Answer 8

Tertiary Gain

Question 9

____ is past experiences with serious or life-threatening physical illness, either personal or that of close relatives, can predispose to hypochondriasis

Answer 9

Illness Anxiety

Question 10

____ is the inability to recall all incidents associated with the traumatic even for a specific period following the event

Answer 10

Localized Amnesia

Question 11

_____ is the inability to recall events occurring after a specific time up to and including the present

Answer 11

Continuous Amnesia

Question 12

______ is the inability to recall anything that has happened during the individual’s entire lifetime, including personal identity

Answer 12

Generalized Amnesia

Question 13

_____ is characterized by a sudden, unexpected travel away from customary places of daily activities (home or workplace) or bewildered wandering, with inability to recall some or all of ones past. May not be able to recall personal identity and sometimes assumes a new identity

Answer 13

Dissociative Fugue

Question 14

________ is preoccupation with the fear of contracting, or the false belief of having, a serious illness

Answer 14

Illness anxiety disorder (hypochondriasis)

Question 15

______ is dissociative behaviors are a defense against unresolved painful issues

Answer 15

Psychodynamic (psychoanalytic) theory