Quiz & Worksheet - Somatoform Disorders

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Which of the following correctly depicts the CONTRAST between somatoform disorders and malingering?

Patients with somatoform disorders truly believe they're sick, while malingerers are just faking their symptoms.

Patients with somatoform disorders all suffer from autoimmune disease, while malingerers may suffer from another type of disease.

Malingers only have psychological symptoms but no physical symptoms.

Malingerers are actually sick, and patients with somatoform disorders are not.

Worksheet

Print Somatoform Disorders: Definition, Types & Examples Worksheet

1. Janet has a conversion disorder. You might expect her to exhibit symptoms similar to all of the following EXCEPT:

A heart attack
A stroke
Epilepsy
Paralysis

2. Why wouldn't you necessarily expect an underlying traumatic experience to exist in the case of a pain disorder?

Pain disorders are caused by the brain and do not require an underlying traumatic experience.
Pain disorders are always related to underlying viral illness.
Pain disorders are caused by the presence of chronic illness and do not require an underlying traumatic experience.
Pain disorders are always related to underlying bacterial illness.

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About This Quiz & Worksheet

This quiz/worksheet combo will test you on what somatoform disorder are and how well you can define the terminology surrounding somatoform disorders.

Quiz & Worksheet Goals

In these assessments, you'll be tested on:

The difference between somatoform disorders and malingering
Characteristics of conversion disorder
The causes of pain in pain disorder
The term for a person who assumes the worst about a mild symptom
Facts about somatoform disorders

Skills Practiced

This quiz and worksheet allow students to test the following skills:

Reading comprehension - ensure that you draw the most important information from the related somatoform disorders lesson
Defining key concepts - ensure that you can accurately define main phrases, such as malingering and hypochondriasis
Information recall - access the knowledge you've gained regarding the origins of pain disorders

Additional Learning

To learn more about somatoform disorders, review the accompanying lesson. This lesson covers the following objectives:

Define somatoform disorder
Identify different types of somatoform disorders
Understand common symptoms of somatoform disorders

Practice Exams

Final Exam

Psychology 101: Intro to Psychology

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Types of Psychological Disorders