Somatoform & Dissociative Disorders

Today, the term somatoform disorder is the preferred term for

• neurosis

• psychosis.

• hysteria.

• phobia.

Which of the following is a way in which psychologists treat a somatoform disorder?

• by performing surgery

• by prescribing medication

• by conducting medical tests and physical evaluations

• by helping the person change the errors in their thinking

Two of the major types of somatoform disorders are

• panic disorders and conversion disorders.

• schizophrenia and hypochondriasis.

• hypochondriasis and conversion disorders.

• panic disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorders.

Transforming emotional difficulties into the loss of a physiological(bodily) function is known as

• fugue.

• an obsession.

• a dissociative disorder.

• a conversion disorder.

Which of the following is true about people who experience conversion disorders?

• loss of functioning is not real, but there is physical damage

• loss of functioning is not real, nor is there any physical damage.

• loss of functioning is real, and there is physical damage.

• loss of functioning is real, although no physical damage is present.

According to psychoanalytic theory, hypochondriasis occurs as a result of

• repressed emotions.

• physical injury.

• hallucinations.

• delusions.

A person suffering from hypochondriasis is known as a(n)

• invalid.

• hypochondriac.

• schizophrenic.

• insomniac.

Which of the following is the most common cause of dissociative disorders?

• alcoholism

• brain damage

• a drug overdose

• a traumatic event

A person who seems to have two or more distinct personalities may be suffering from

• conversion disorder.

• hypochondriasis.

• dissociative amnesia.

• dissociative identity disorder.

A transformation of emotional difficulties into the loss of a specific physiological function is called hypochondriasis.

• true

• false