Somatic and Dissociative Disorders UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Somatic And Dissociative Disorders
Somatic and Dissociative Disorders
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
1. A psychologist would MOST likely use the term ______ to refer to the common experience
of "spacing out" momentarily.
a. amnesia
b. dissociation
c. malingering
d. conversion - CORRECT ANSWER- b. dissociation
Somatic and Dissociative Disorders
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
1. A psychologist would MOST likely use the term ______ to refer to the common experience
of "spacing out" momentarily.
a. amnesia
b. dissociation
c. malingering
d. conversion - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔b. dissociation
2. "It's like the feeling you get at the end of a page/When you realize you don't know what
you've just read" are two lines from an early-'80s song by a band called the Missing Persons.
These lines MOST directly reflect the psychological concept of ______.
a. amnesia
b. malingering
c. dissociation
d. conversion - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔c. dissociation
3. The term ______ refers to a disruption in the normal ability to integrate information from
sensory and psychological processes.
a. conversion
b. dissociation
c. amnesia
d. disintegration - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔b. dissociation
5. In a study by Ross and colleagues (Ross et al., 1990), about ______ of a community
sample of adults reported having had a dissociative experience at some point.
a. 10%
b. 25%
c. 35%
,d. 50% - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔b. 25%
6. Pathological dissociative symptoms include each of the following EXCEPT this:
a. not having a sense of who one is
b. not remembering parts of one's personal history
c. not experiencing a unified "self"
7. ______ is NOT one of the DSM-5's dissociative disorders.
a. Dissociative personality disorder
b. Dissociative identity disorder
c. Depersonalization/derealization disorder
d. Dissociative amnesia - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔a. Dissociative personality disorder
8. A study by Johnson and colleagues examined the prevalence of dissociative disorders in an
adult community sample. Based on the results, about 1 in ______ adults can expect to
experience at least one of the dissociative disorders in a given year.
a. 50
b. 25
c. 10
d. 8 - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔c. 10
9. As compared with nontraumatic dissociations, dissociative experiences associated with
traumatic events are ______.
a. essentially similar
b. more likely to be pathological
c. more likely to be associated with violence
d. usually briefer in duration - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔b. more likely to be pathological
10. Magnetoencephalography (MEG) studies suggest that dissociation in tortured individuals
is associated with ______.
, a. a reduction in brain volume
b. increased overall brain activity
c. long-lasting changes in brain networks
d. little overall change in the brain - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔c. long-lasting changes in
brain networks
11. Early theorists and researchers did NOT relate ______ to dissociation.
a. trauma
b. hypnosis
c. the ego
d. diet - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔d. diet
12. Which statement is NOT true concerning dissociation and hypnosis?
a. Dissociations are not under volitional control.
b. Hypnosis occurs when one allows oneself to be put in a trance.
c. Both represent an incomplete integration of sensory experiences.
d. There is a strong correlation between dissociation and hypnosis. - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔d. There is a strong correlation between dissociation and hypnosis.
13. Depersonalization/derealization disorder has a lifetime prevalence of approximately
______.
a. 2%
b. 3%
c. 4%
d. 8% - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔a. 2%
14. During a heated falling-out with a close friend, Danielle suddenly feels as if she is
watching herself from above. This "out-of-body" experience is BEST seen as an example of
______.
a. dissociative amnesia
b. depersonalization
c. disintegration
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