Abnormal Psychology Exam 5 Questions with Correct Answers
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Abnormal Psychology
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Abnormal Psychology
Dissociative and Somatoform Disorders were historically classified together as "______________ ____________" by Freud - Answer--Hysterical Neurosis
hysterical - Answer--dramatic (histrionic) behavior stereotypically characteristic of women
Ex: physical sex without a discernible physical cause
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Abnormal Psychology Exam 5
Questions with Correct Answers
Dissociative and Somatoform Disorders were historically classified together as
"______________ ____________" by Freud - Answer--Hysterical Neurosis
hysterical - Answer--dramatic (histrionic) behavior stereotypically characteristic of
women
Ex: physical sex without a discernible physical cause
Neurosis - Answer--anxiety that results from underlying unconscious conflicts
intrapsychic conflicts - psychic elements in conflict with each other (id vs. superego)
what is a common feature of both somatoform and Dissociative disorders? - Answer--
underlying anxiety
-differs from anxiety disorders = person directly and consciously experiences the
anxiety.
People with anxiety know that their thoughts are unreasonable
-these: the person is not actively aware of anxiety (unconscioius)
symptoms of both somatoform and dissociative disorders - Answer--escaping anxiety
without being (consciously) aware of it = anxiety changed into sx
Ex: most people with anxiety hyperventilate so they know they are having anxiety.
People with these disorders may feel like a limb is missing due to their anxiety.
Symptoms of Somatoform disorders - Answer--escape through physical sx (no
organic, physical cause)
Ex: people spend thousands of dollars on plastic surgery
Symptoms of Dissociative disorders - Answer--more extreme escape = split off memory
of anxiety-provoking stimulus from consciousness
Usually a result of trauma
Ex: DID in the movie, Split most extreme, split from yourself
-Amnesia - forget about the memory
Dissociative Experience - Answer--slight detachment in consciousness or identity
-staring into space
-feeling confused
-things don't seem real (derealization)
-mind goes blank/ empty
-unaware while driving (usually happens along rides or familiar routes)
-difficulty understanding others
-familiar place seems strange
-removed from thoughts
, -known by strangers
-hear voices
-seeing world through a fog
-observing yourself from the outside
Dissociative Disorders have disturbances in - Answer--identity
-memory
-consciousness
-perception of the environment
-don't just forget anxiety = forget self, life, personality
-assumed: precipitated by extremely traumatic conflict/ event
Depersonalization Disorder - Answer--a persistenet or recurring feeling of being
detached from one's body ormental processes and by a feeling of being an outside
observer of one's life
-Ex: if you are victim of physical or secual abuse, it may be adaptive to avoid
experiencing the trauma. It is a disorder when it persists
Dissociative Amnesia - Answer--a pervasive loss of memory of significant personal
information
-not losing implicit memory - things that you know how to do without actively thinking
about it (ex: tying shoes, riding bike)
-can do all the things you did before but you may not know who you are or who your
family is
-(*vs organic amnesia = result of physical injury to brain)
-don't see dissociative amnesia a lot---no physical cause
Dissociative Fugue - Answer--one or more episodes or sudden, unexpected, purposeful
travel from home, during which a person can't remember some of their past life
-may make a new identity because they cannot remember their old one
-very unusual
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) - Answer-*different from schizophrenia because
they break from themselves, not from reality*
-Estimate: 75-90% are adult women
-at least 2 distinct personalities ("alters")
may or may not know each other
-each personality relatively well-integrated
-very different personalities (different genders, ages, and abilities)
Video of Lucy (DID) - Answer--she can turn it off at work and has some level of control
at work, (some level of control that you do not see In other psychological disorders);
-all of the personalities are each parts of her core personality; lucy was sexually abused
when she was 7; she had suicide attempts; -"Angel" and "Lucille" are the bitchy ones
according to her husband
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