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penguins · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Barbara suffers from a conversion disorder and has recently begun treatment with a Freudian therapist. What is this therapist most likely to emphasize in treating Barbara?

a. encouraging her to recall psychologically painful events
b. teaching her how to put her feelings into words
c. eliminating the reinforcers for her symptoms
d. showing her how her symptoms do not make anatomical sense

Question 2

According to the social view of the etiology of somatic symptom disorders, these disorders are more common in nonindustrial societies and among the poorly educated in the United States. Why do people in these communities tend to develop these disorders?

a. They view therapists with great suspicion.
b. They typically live in very crowded conditions.
c. They learn to express emotions as physical symptoms.
d. They are subjected to more pollution and discrimination.