Which of the following is a problem associated with somatic symptom disorders?
a. unnecessary surgery
b. stress-related illnesses
c. amnesia due to organic brain dysfunction
d. legal difficulties due to having more than one personality
Answer: a.
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Barbara is in a car accident and experiences neck pain immediately afterward. Doctors say that any injury to her neck will heal within two weeks of the accident. Nine months later, Barbara begins to visit her doctor weekly, saying the pain is still unbearable and she needs stronger pain medication. What is a reasonable diagnosis?
a. somatic symptom disorder with somatization features (somatization disorder) b. depersonalization disorder c. illness anxiety disorder (hypochondriasis) d. somatic symptom disorder with predominant pain (pain disorder)
Hypnosis originated with
a. Wier. b. Mesmer. c. Charcot. d. Freud. e. Pinel.
When a child says "goed" instead of "went," this is a sign that __________
a. poor parenting has led to developmental delays b. the child has learned a grammatical rule c. children are not as smart as adults d. the child may be dyslexic
Having used English grammar for the first seventeen years of
your life causes initial problems as you attempt to learn Spanish grammar. This problem is best explained by a. retroactive inhibition. b. negative transfer. c. vicarious classical conditioning. d. avoidance learning.