Question 1

Generalized amnesia, as seen in dissociative amnesia, is characterized as:

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A)  A complete loss of memory for one's life history
B)  The individual forgets each new event as it occurs
C)  The individual loses memory for a specific category of information
D)  A failure to recall events during a circumscribed period of timeTrue/False Questions:E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 2

In localized amnesia, the affected person is unable to recall events that occurred during a particular time or following a profoundly disturbing event.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Depersonalization disorder occurs when the person feels detached from his or her own body, surroundings, and feels as if another person were observing them.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Dissociative amnesia disorder is a completely reversible amnesia that is associated with some form of emotional, traumatic, or psychological stress.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

It is very uncommon for an individual diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder to have cross-gender alters.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Daydreaming is one example of a non-pathological dissociative event.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

When a person reports being recognized by someone unfamiliar to them this may be considered as one of the signs of dissociative identity disorder.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The cause of identity disorders has been attributed to all of the following except for:

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A)  Interpersonal maltreatment in childhood and adulthood
B)  The process of aging
C)  Overwhelming early life events
D)  Long, painful early-life medical proceduresE) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 9

The person with depersonalization disorder experiences their symptoms as ego-syntonic.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Match between columns
                        Premises: Culturally accepted dissociative experience
Involves sudden travel away from home and work or to another location
Feeling detached from, and as if one is an observer of, one’s mental processes or body
Loss of memory for some but not all events in a specific period of time
A reversible amnesia associated with emotional, traumatic, or psychological stress
A mechanism of defense to ward off the emotional impact of traumatic, abusive events or memories
Persons may experience familiar objects or persons as strange and odd
Distinct personalities who have unique memories, attitudes, habits that are clearly different from the host individual
The person forgets each new event as it occurs

Accepted Answer

The Answer of Dissociation and Alters and Ataque de Nervios is...

Question 11

There has been increasing documentation of a connection between extreme childhood physical and/or sexual trauma and:

Accepted Answer

A)  Dissociative fugue
B)  Dissociative amnesia
C)  Dissociative identity disorder
D)  Depersonalization/derealization disorderE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 12

In order to diagnose dissociative identity disorder, the clinician or a reliable family member must witness the person's claimed disruption of identity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 9: Dissociative Disorders

Dissociative amnesia disorder is a completely reversible amnesia that is associated with some form of emotional, traumatic, or psychological stress.

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It is very uncommon for an individual diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder to have cross-gender alters.

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Depersonalization disorder occurs when the person feels detached from his or her own body, surroundings, and feels as if another person were observing them.

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The cause of identity disorders has been attributed to all of the following except for:

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Daydreaming is one example of a non-pathological dissociative event.

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In localized amnesia, the affected person is unable to recall events that occurred during a particular time or following a profoundly disturbing event.

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When a person reports being recognized by someone unfamiliar to them this may be considered as one of the signs of dissociative identity disorder.

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In order to diagnose dissociative identity disorder, the clinician or a reliable family member must witness the person's claimed disruption of identity.

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Match each definition with term the appropriate.

There has been increasing documentation of a connection between extreme childhood physical and/or sexual trauma and:

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The person with depersonalization disorder experiences their symptoms as ego-syntonic.

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Generalized amnesia, as seen in dissociative amnesia, is characterized as:

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Exam 9: Dissociative Disorders

Dissociative amnesia disorder is a completely reversible amnesia that is associated with some form of emotional, traumatic, or psychological stress.

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It is very uncommon for an individual diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder to have cross-gender alters.

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Depersonalization disorder occurs when the person feels detached from his or her own body, surroundings, and feels as if another person were observing them.

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The cause of identity disorders has been attributed to all of the following except for:

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Daydreaming is one example of a non-pathological dissociative event.

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In localized amnesia, the affected person is unable to recall events that occurred during a particular time or following a profoundly disturbing event.

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When a person reports being recognized by someone unfamiliar to them this may be considered as one of the signs of dissociative identity disorder.

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In order to diagnose dissociative identity disorder, the clinician or a reliable family member must witness the person's claimed disruption of identity.

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Match each definition with term the appropriate.

There has been increasing documentation of a connection between extreme childhood physical and/or sexual trauma and:

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The person with depersonalization disorder experiences their symptoms as ego-syntonic.

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Generalized amnesia, as seen in dissociative amnesia, is characterized as:

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