Individuals Who See Themselves as Having Some Defect in Appearance

question 45

Multiple Choice

Individuals who see themselves as having some defect in appearance even though no such defect is present are diagnosed with _______________.

• A) conversion disorder
• B) somatoform disorder
• C) hypochondriasis
• D) body dysmorphic disorder

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Definitions:

Additive Strategy

A problem-solving technique that involves systematically adding all possible elements together to find a solution.

Representativeness Heuristic

A cognitive shortcut that involves judging the probability of an event by how much it resembles what we consider to be a typical example of that event.

Availability Heuristic

A quick-thinking process that depends on the first examples that pop into someone's head when they are considering a particular subject, idea, approach, or choice.

Relative Comparisons

The act of evaluating something in relation to another similar item.