CHAPTER 5: Disorders of Trauma and Stress Flashcards
In the MOST common type of dissociative amnesia,a person loses memory for:
A) some,but not all,events surrounding the trauma.
B) all events beginning with the trauma but within a limited period of time.
C) all events from the trauma onward.
D) all events before and after the trauma.
B) all events beginning with the trauma but within a limited period of time.
Alexis has dissociative identity disorder.When one of her personalities,Jodi,is asked about another one,Tom,she claims ignorance.Tom has never heard of Jodi,either.This is called a:
A) coconscious relationship.
B) mutually cognizant pattern.
C) one-way amnesic relationship.
D) mutually amnesic relationship.
D) mutually amnesic relationship.
Those MOST likely to experience substantial stress symptoms after the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11,2001,were those who lived:
A) near New York City.
B) near Washington,D.C.
C) far away from New York City.
D) on the West Coast of the United States.
A) near New York City.
The effects of taking hallucinogens accompanied by feelings that objects are changing size,that other people are distorted,and that one might be mechanical is MOST similar to:
A) depersonalization.
B) multiple personalities.
C) amnestic fugue.
D) body dysmorphic disorder.
A) depersonalization.
An individual who formerly knew how to speak a foreign language and play a musical instrument can no longer remember how to do so as a result of a dissociative disorder.The dissociative disorder MOST likely present is:
A) dissociative fugue.
B) dissociative amnesia.
C) dissociative identity.
D) depersonalization-derealization disorder.
C) dissociative identity.
A friend asks you,”What’s the name of that Tom Hanks movie where a pirate takes over his ship and says,’I’m the captain now’?” You remember the movie and know you know the title,but you can’t think of it in the moment.This is an example of:
A) déjà vu.
B) jamais vu.
C) absentmindedness.
D) the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.
D) the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.
Jacquie developed PTSD after being held in captivity for years.She is upset by what she had to do to survive and perhaps even feels unworthy of surviving.This is an example of:
A) reexperiencing the traumatic event.
B) experiencing avoidance.
C) experiencing reduced responsiveness.
D) experiencing increased anger, anxiety, and guilt.
D) experiencing increased anger, anxiety, and guilt.
What does switching in a person with dissociative identity disorder mean?
A) The host personality has put in a relatively rare appearance.
B) The person has faked a change in personality.
C) Two subpersonalities rapidly change back and forth several times.
D) The person has changed from one subpersonality to another.
D) The person has changed from one subpersonality to another.
People with low incomes are _____ as likely as people with higher incomes to experience one of the stress disorders.
A) twice
B) three times
C) four times
D) five times
A) twice
What do we know about the inheritance of PTSD?
A) The tendency to develop PTSD cannot be passed on from one generation to the next.
B) The tendency to develop PTSD is a characteristic located on the Y chromosome.
C) Both men and women appear to be able to pass on their tendency to develop PTSD.
D) Women who have high cortisol levels tend to have children with high cortisol levels.
D) Women who have high cortisol levels tend to have children with high cortisol levels.
At a workshop about dissociative identity disorder,a therapist says,”In my experience,once integration begins,the need for therapy is practically over; later dissociations just don’t happen.” This therapist’s experience is:
A) typical.
B) a bit unusual; most successful therapies cease before integration.
C) a bit unusual; most successful therapies cease immediately after integration.
D) very unusual; most successful therapies last well beyond the beginning of integration.
D) very unusual; most successful therapies last well beyond the beginning of integration.
One of the subpersonalities of a person receiving treatment for dissociative identity disorder has just become a “protector.” How far along in therapy has the person probably progressed?
A) Not far at all; protectors usually emerge even before the disorder is diagnosed.
B) Moderately far; a protector usually emerges before subpersonality integration.
C) Very far; a protector usually emerges after subpersonality integration and before fusion.
D) All the way; a protector usually emerges only after therapy has been successfully completed.
B) Moderately far; a protector usually emerges before subpersonality integration.
Which child is MOST likely to develop a stress disorder later in life after experiencing a trauma?
A) a child from a well-to-do family who has a pet and lives with extended family
B) a child who lives with his grandmother in an upper-middle-income home in the suburbs
C) a child who lives in a poor neighborhood with his mother and father
D) a child who lives alone with a single mother who is working multiple jobs
D) a child who lives alone with a single mother who is working multiple jobs
Which is the BEST example of the subpersonalities in dissociative identity disorder differing in preferences?
A) One subpersonality loves alternative rock music; another hates it but does love country music.
B) One subpersonality is allergic to cats but the others are not.
C) One subpersonality has blond hair and another has red hair.
D) One subpersonality is a teenager and another is middle-aged
A) One subpersonality loves alternative rock music; another hates it but does love country music.
When Kelly was in a passenger plane,he watched as all four engines quit at once and then saw the plane explode.From 5,000 feet in the air,he landed,severely injured,in deep snow in a heavily wooded area.When he regained consciousness several weeks later,he had a stress reaction that lasted for years,and he could never fly again.The factor that probably MOST contributed to his extreme posttraumatic stress reaction was:
A) his personality.
B) his social support.
C) the severity of the trauma.
D) the nature of his childhood experiences.
C) the severity of the trauma.
Carly has posttraumatic stress disorder but refuses to talk about it.She is:
A) reexperiencing the traumatic event.
B) experiencing avoidance.
C) experiencing reduced responsiveness.
D) experiencing increased arousal,anxiety,and guilt.
B) experiencing avoidance.
Troy has dissociative identity disorder.All of his subpersonalities talk about and tattle on each other.This is an example of a:
A) coconscious relationship.
B) mutually cognizant pattern.
C) one-way amnesic relationship.
D) mutually amnesic relationship.
B) mutually cognizant pattern.
One distinction that DSM-5 makes between acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder is based on the:
A) intensity of the anxiety-linked symptoms.
B) cause of the anxiety-linked symptoms.
C) duration of anxiety symptoms.
D) presence of one or more additional psychological disorders.
C) duration of anxiety symptoms.
Juanita has dissociative identity disorder.Big Tony and Smart Alice are two personalities who are aware of all of the others.None of her other personalities is aware of the others.This would be called a:
A) coconscious relationship.
B) mutually cognizant pattern.
C) one-way amnesic relationship.
D) mutually amnesic relationship.
C) one-way amnesic relationship.
The number of diagnosed cases of dissociative identity disorder increased in the 1980s and 1990s.Some researchers are concerned about this trend,stating that:
A) the disorder cannot be definitively diagnosed until the person has been in therapy for more than seven years.
B) there are no research studies that confirm the disorder’s existence.
C) many of the cases are unintentionally produced by clinicians.
D) this is a ploy used by criminals to try to avoid consequences for their criminal activity.
C) many of the cases are unintentionally produced by clinicians.
Which approach would a combat veteran who is receiving the best treatment for a stress disorder NOT likely be experiencing?
A) antipsychotic medication
B) family therapy
C) rap groups
D) exposure therapy
A) antipsychotic medication
Carlotta is attacked in the street and her young daughter is kidnapped.Eventually,the police find her daughter and return her to her mother.However,Carlotta is unable to recall events that have occurred since the attack.She is even unable to retain new information; she remembers what happened before the attack but cannot remember new and ongoing experiences.This is a classic example of:
A) localized amnesia.
B) selective amnesia.
C) continuous amnesia.
D) generalized amnesia.
C) continuous amnesia.
The abnormal activity of which neurotransmitter has been linked to traumatic events?
A) GABA
B) serotonin
C) dopamine
D) norepinephrine
D) norepinephrine
Poor health is BEST described as a:
A) stress.
B) stressor.
C) stress response.
D) stress model.
B) stressor.