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71.After getting into an automobile accident while fighting with her fiancé, Chou reports that she cannot see. Examinations indicate no apparent medical condition. Based on this description, Chou may be suffering from

A)dissociative identity disorder.

B)hypochondriasis.

C)dissociative amnesia.

D)conversion disorder.

E)bipolar disorder.

72.The type of psychological disorder that attracted Sigmund Freud to the study of psychological factors in abnormal behavior would now be called _____.

A)dissociative amnesia.

B)dissociative identity disorder.

C)hypochondriasis.

D)schizophrenia.

E)conversion disorder.

73.“La belle indifference” describes which feature of a psychological disorder?

A)The tendency for people with conversion disorder to be unconcerned about their symptoms

B)The tendency for people with dissociative identity disorder to have been highly imaginative as children

C)The tendency for people with depression to have a maladaptive attributional style

D)The tendency for people with bipolar disorder to swing dramatically from one end of the mood spectrum to the other

E)The tendency for people with depression to show indifference toward their future

74.Charmaine Coltraine is preoccupied with fears that she has a terrible health problem. Coltraine’s fears are characteristic of

A)conversion disorder.

B)hypochondriasis.

C)dissociative identity disorder.

D)dissociative amnesia.

E)hysteria.

75.Of the following people with psychological disorders, who is most likely to express features similar to those of obsessive-compulsive disorder?

A)Marie, who has hypochondriasis

B)Kiara, who has a conversion disorder

C)Matthew, who has dissociative amnesia

D)Gloria, who has dissociative identity disorder

E)Bob, who has schizophrenia

76.Which statement would be made by someone supporting a cognitive explanation for somatoform disorders?

A)People with these disorders are reinforced by others for adopting a “sick role” by drawing sympathy and support.

B)Conversion symptoms help the person avoid anxiety-invoking situations.

C)Conversion symptoms provide secondary gain.

D)Conversion symptoms are an outward sign of an unconscious dynamic struggle between opposing motives.

E)Like people with panic disorder, people with hypochondriasis tend to misinterpret bodily sensations as signs of catastrophic causes.

77.The secondary gain of conversion symptoms refers MOST closely to which of the following?

A)The symptom prevents the individual from having to confront stressful or conflict-laden situations.

B)The symptom symbolizes an underlying struggle between opposing motives.

C)The symptom enhances the employment of defense mechanisms.

D)The symptom causes the person to have a certain amount of indifference toward it.

E)The maintenance of the symptoms as conditioned responses.

78.Regarding major depressive disorder,

A)men are more likely than women to be diagnosed.

B)men and women are equally likely to be diagnosed.

C)women are more likely than men to be diagnosed.

D)young women are more likely than young men to be diagnosed and the pattern reverses in middle age.

E)young men are more likely than young women to be diagnosed and the pattern reverses in middle age.

79.Bonnie has been feeling extremely sad for the last two months. She has difficulty getting out of bed to face the day and has lost interest in formerly pleasurable activities. Occasionally, she thinks about committing suicide. She sounds like she may be suffering from

A)mania.

B)antisocial personality disorder.

C)bipolar disorder.

D)major depressive disorder.

E)conversion disorder.

80.Regarding major depression, which of the following statements is FALSE?

A)Major depression has a relatively high rate of recurrence.

B)Many psychologists believe that the stressors faced by many women today contribute to their increased risk of depression.

C)When left untreated, episodes of major depression can last months, or a year or more.

D)Researchers have found that women and men tend to cope with depression differently, with men more likely to ruminate.

E)About 16.5 percent of U.S. adults develop major depression at some point in their lives.