Dr Nevolia Has a Client Diagnosed with a Somatoform Disorder

question 166

Multiple Choice

Dr. Nevolia has a client diagnosed with a somatoform disorder. She believes her client's disorder is due to a tendency to magnify her symptoms and allow false beliefs to dominate her thinking. Dr. Nevolia is probably a __________

• A) psychoanalyst.
• B) behaviorist.
• C) cognitive psychologist.
• D) biological psychologist.

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Definitions:

Domain of Biology

The broad area of science concerned with living organisms and their structures, functions, growth, evolution, and distribution.

Egocentrism

A cognitive characteristic where an individual is unable to view a situation from another person’s perspective, commonly seen in early childhood development stages.

Theory Theory

The idea that children learn about the world by forming theories about it, which they test and then revise in light of new evidence.

Innate Modules

Cognitive structures in the brain, believed to be pre-wired from birth, that help individuals process information in specific domains such as language and social interaction.