What do all types of somatic symptom and related disorders have in common?
A) awareness that the symptoms are psychological
B) lack of personal distress
C) lack of a recognizable medical cause
D) deception by the “ill” person
Answer: C
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Theme 2 argues that people are usually fairly accurate on cognitive tasks. How does this theme apply to deductive reasoning tasks?
a. people are not very accurate on everyday deductive-reasoning tasks, so the theme doesn't apply here. b. the reasoning tasks we encounter in our daily lives are generally more concrete, so we are more likely to be accurate. c. people typically change these reasoning tasks into decision-making tasks, which are easier to solve quickly and accurately. d. people really are quite accurate on reasoning tasks, even when these tasks are abstract.
The way that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) works is that it uncovers unconscious processes based on early life experiences that drive a person to misuse substances.
a. true b. false