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Identify the major clusters of symptoms used in diagnosing acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder. Give an example of each.
 
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Freud recognized that individuals who exhibited various psychological symptoms could gain certain advantages such as sympathy or an excuse to avoid work. He labeled this secondary gain. Cognitive behavioral psychologists would call this proces
 
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Answer to Question 1

(1) Re-experiencing: visualizing the trauma over and over or in dreams or in flashbacks (sudden, repeated, intrusive memories during which the memory is replayed in thoughts or images); (2) avoidance: avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma (including thoughts or feelings); (3) arousal or anxiety: increased arousal and anxiety evident in trouble falling or staying asleep or difficulty maintaining concentration; (4) dissociative symptoms (likely to occur in acute stress disorder): becoming less aware of surroundings following a traumatic event or depersonalization (feeling cut off from oneself) or derealization (a marked sense of unreality about oneself).

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reinforcement



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