Dissociative and Somatic Symptom-Related Disorders Quiz
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What is the key feature of dissociative disorders?

  • Enhancement of memory under extreme stress
  • Sudden disruption in the continuity of consciousness, emotions, motivation, memory, and identity (correct)
  • Repressed traumatic events
  • Common and harmless types of dissociation
  • Which response is a common aspect of dissociation?

  • Avoidance response (correct)
  • Harmless and common types of dissociation
  • Enhancement of memory under extreme stress
  • Repressed traumatic events
  • How does extreme stress typically affect memory, according to cognitive theory?

  • Dissociation prevents memory access
  • Extreme stress usually enhances rather than impairs memory (correct)
  • Threatening stimuli are attended to less
  • Repressed traumatic events are recalled more easily
  • What type of memory shows deficits in dissociative disorders?

    <p>Explicit memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What aspect of cognition or experience becomes inaccessible to consciousness in dissociation?

    <p>Some aspect of cognition or experience becomes inaccessible to consciousness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of response may lead to a sudden disruption in the continuity of consciousness, emotions, motivation, memory, and identity?

    <p>Dissociation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which condition involves altered perception of self and the world, often triggered by stress or traumatic events?

    <p>Depersonalization/derealization disorder</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the characteristic feature of dissociative amnesia?

    <p>Inability to remember important personal information, usually of a traumatic or stressful nature</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the dissociative fugue subtype associated with?

    <p>Sudden, unexpected travel away from home or work and assumption of a new identity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What characterizes Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)?

    <p>Two or more distinct and fully developed personalities (alters)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term refers to the perception of self as being altered and being triggered by stress or traumatic event?

    <p>Depersonalization/derealization disorder</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What distinguishes dementia from dissociation in terms of memory loss?

    <p>Memory fails slowly over time and is not linked to stress</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does dissociative amnesia involve that distinguishes it from ordinary forgetfulness?

    <p>Inability to remember important personal information, usually of a traumatic or stressful nature</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which disorder is characterized by inability to consciously recall experiences that affect behavior?

    <p>Dissociative amnesia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the dissociative fugue subtype involve?

    <p>Sudden, unexpected travel away from home or work and assumption of a new identity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the typical symptoms experienced in depersonalization/derealization disorder?

    <p>Voice sounds different or distant and feeling as if they were dead, lifeless, mere automatons</p> Signup and view all the answers

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