Test bank -PSYCHOLOGY Coon Journey 5edition-Chapter 12-with 750 questions and answers
Chapter 12: Psychological Disorders
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. When an affected person fakes the medical problems of someone
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Test bank -PSYCHOLOGY Coon Journey 5edition-Chapter 12-with 750 questions and answers
Chapter 12: Psychological Disorders
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. When an affected person fakes the medical problems of someone in his or her care in order to gain attention, that person would be diagnosed with
a. Munchausen syndrome.
b. Prader-Willi syndrome.
c. Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
d. a conversion disorder.
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: At Least She Didn't Give Him Any Soda OBJ: 12.1.1 KEY: Fact
2. When people fake their own medical problems in order to gain attention and sympathy from medical professionals, they would be diagnosed with
a. Munchausen syndrome.
b. Prader-Willi syndrome.
c. Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
d. a conversion disorder.
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: At Least She Didn't Give Him Any Soda OBJ: 12.1.1 KEY: Fact
3. Trenton was diagnosed with Munchausen syndrome. This means that he
a. tends to fake his own medical problems to gain attention.
b. tends to fake the medical problems of someone in his care in order to gain attention.
c. has severe emotional conflicts that produce symptoms that resemble a physical disability.
d. has frequent episodes of depersonalization with accompanying amnesia.
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: At Least She Didn't Give Him Any Soda OBJ: 12.1.1 KEY: Application MSC: * (New Question)
4. Halley enjoys the attention she receives when she goes to the doctor, so she has been making herself appear sick by deliberately causing minor ankle sprains or digestion problems or by complaining of frequent “headaches” and “heart palpitations.” Halley would most likely be diagnosed with
a. Munchausen syndrome.
b. a psychosomatic disorder.
c. Klinefelter’s syndrome.
d. a conversion disorder.
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