Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World 9th Edition Chapter 6

A disorder characterized by disruption, or dissociation, of identity, memory, or consciousness

A dissociative disorder in which a person has two or more distinct, or alter, personalities

A dissociative disorder in which a person experiences memory loss without any identifiable organic cause.

A disorder characterized by persistent or recurrent episodes of depersonalization and/or derealization.

A temporary loss or change in the usual sense of reality in which people feel detached from themselves and their surroundings

A sense of unreality about the external world involving odd changes in the perception of one’s surroundings or in the passage of time

Troubling physical symptoms and excessive concern about the symptoms to the extent that it affects thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in daily life.

Applied to people with physical complaints who believe their symptoms are due to a serious, undetected illness despite medical reassurance to the contrary.

characterized by symptoms or deficits that affect the ability to control voluntary movements or that impair sensory functions, such as an inability to see, hear, or feel tactile stimulation.

characterized by intentional fabrication of psychological or physical symptoms for no apparent gain.

The faking of illness motivated by external rewards or incentives

The inducing of physical or emotional illness in another person, typically a child or dependent person

A culture-bound somatoform disorder, found primarily in China, in which people fear that their genitals are shrinking.

A culture-bound somatoform disorder, found primarily among Asian Indian males, characterized by excessive fears over the loss of seminal fluid

have speculated that some cases of hypochondriasis may represent a type of self-handicapping strategy, a way of blaming poor performance on failing health (Smith, Snyder, & Perkins, 1983).

Physical disorders in which psychological factors are believed to play a causal or contributing role.

A method of feeding back to the individual information about bodily functions so that the person can gain some degree of control over these functions

is a disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

attacks the immune system, leaving it helpless to fend off diseases it normally would hold in check.

are effective in helping people alter these risky behaviors