What are some reasons that people tend to engage in somatization?
What will be an ideal response?
1) Illness allows a socially isolated person to receive nurturance and support from family, friends, and physicians. 2) The sick role can be used as a rationalization for occupational, social, and sexual failures. 3) Illness can be used
to manipulate other people or social situations. 4) Because physical illness is less stigmatizing than having a psychological disorder, many individuals prefer to attribute psychological symptoms to physical causes. 5) Somatic symptoms may represent behavior learned in childhood (e.g., parents may provide more attention during illnesses).
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Research on self-esteem indicates that ____
a. if anything, self-esteem in the U.S. (for everyone) is unrealistically high b. African Americans, as a group, have significantly lower self-esteem than do white Americans, as a group c. adolescent girls have extremely low self-esteem levels, while adolescent boys have more or less average self-esteem levels d. women actually have higher self-esteem levels than men do
Endorphins are released from the __________ gland
a. adrenal b. pituitary c. pineal d. thyroid
Which of the following has NOT been shown to be an effect of mild sensory deprivation?
a. enhancing musical and sports performance skills b. loosen "belief" systems making it easier for people to lose weight c. reducing psychotic symptoms d. reducing the use of alcohol and drugs
Benjamin recently moved to Mexico. Although he did not know how to speak Spanish, within a few weeks, he was speaking grammatically correct sentences, even though he couldn't articulate the grammatical rules. This BEST illustrates:
A) implicit learning. B) habituation. C) the cognitive aspects of operant conditioning. D) the acquisition of an artificial grammar.