What are some reasons that people tend to engage in somatization?
What will be an ideal response?
1) Illness allows a socially isolated person to receive nurturance and support from family, friends, and physicians. 2) The sick role can be used as a rationalization for occupational, social, and sexual failures. 3) Illness can be used
to manipulate other people or social situations. 4) Because physical illness is less stigmatizing than having a psychological disorder, many individuals prefer to attribute psychological symptoms to physical causes. 5) Somatic symptoms may represent behavior learned in childhood (e.g., parents may provide more attention during illnesses).
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Which of the following is NOT one of Fromm's five personality styles?
A) Receptive B) Exploitive C) Hostile D) Productive
Studies of children's IQ levels show that they correlate with __________ in infancy
A) both habituation and novelty responsiveness B) habituation but not novelty responsiveness C) novelty responsiveness but not habituation D) neither habituation nor novelty responsiveness