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berenicecastro

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Spencer is about to be evaluated at his job, when he wakes up Monday morning and finds he is paralyzed and cannot go to work. On Friday evening, Spencer is miraculously able to walk again, yet the following Monday, he is once again paralyzed. Spencer is most likely suffering from ____ disorder.
 
  a. panic
  b. illness anxiety
  c. conversion
  d. generalized anxiety

Question 2

A law student preparing for the state bar exam underwent a battery of tests for partial paralysis in his dominant hand. Although doctors could find no physical cause for this paralysis, the student was able to postpone the exam. Then, strangely enough, the paralysis subsided. A possible diagnosis could be ____ disorder
 
  a. pain
  b. dissociative
  c. conversion
  d. illness anxiety



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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER:
c

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER:
c



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