Question 1

Studies suggest that false memories are .

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A)   difficult to create
B)   easily created in children
C)   unrelated to suggestions
D)   very rareE) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

George has completely lost his sight during the past year, but medical experts can find no physical reason for his blindness. This could be an example of .

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A)   somatization disorder
B)   hypochondriasis
C)   conversion disorder
D)   dissociative disorderE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

Conversion disorder patients were conceptualized by Freud as

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A)   converting unconscious conflicts into physical symptoms.
B)   converting unconscious conflicts into defense mechanisms.
C)   experiencing physical symptoms as a result of the superego.
D)   experiencing internal conflicts as a result of id impulses being suppressed by the superego.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 4

Depersonalization is defined as

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A)   altered perception including loss of the sense of one's own reality.
B)   altered perception involving loss of the sense of reality of the external world.
C)   vivid hallucinations.
D)   the feeling that one is no longer a person.E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 5

While interviewing 129 women with documented histories of childhood sexual abuse, Willams (1994)  found with extensive questioning that

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A)   every woman remembered minute details of the abuse.
B)   almost none of the women recalled the abuse.
C)   38% of the women did not recall the abuse.
D)   75% of the women did not recall the abuse.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 6

Studies of faking, amnesia, and hypnosis such as the one conducted by Spanos (1996)  suggest that symptoms of dissociative identity disorder

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A)   cannot be developed through therapist suggestion and reinforcement.
B)   are almost always the result of hypnotically inserted (false)  memories.
C)   can be developed through therapist suggestion and reinforcement.
D)   are almost never the result of therapist intervention.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Exam 6: Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders and Dissociative Disorders

George has completely lost his sight during the past year, but medical experts can find no physical reason for his blindness. This could be an example of .

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While interviewing 129 women with documented histories of childhood sexual abuse, Willams (1994) found with extensive questioning that

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Studies of faking, amnesia, and hypnosis such as the one conducted by Spanos (1996) suggest that symptoms of dissociative identity disorder

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Depersonalization is defined as

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Studies suggest that false memories are .

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Conversion disorder patients were conceptualized by Freud as

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George has completely lost his sight during the past year, but medical experts can find no physical reason for his blindness. This could be an example of .

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While interviewing 129 women with documented histories of childhood sexual abuse, Willams (1994) found with extensive questioning that

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Studies of faking, amnesia, and hypnosis such as the one conducted by Spanos (1996) suggest that symptoms of dissociative identity disorder

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