A Patient Reports Fears of Having Cervical Cancer and Says

question 13

Multiple Choice

A patient reports fears of having cervical cancer and says to the nurse, "I've had Pap smears by six different doctors. The results were normal, but I'm sure that's because of errors in the laboratory." Which disorder would the nurse suspect?

• A) Conversion (functional neurological) disorder
• B) Illness anxiety disorder (hypochondriasis)
• C) Somatic symptom disorder
• D) Factitious disorder

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Definitions:

Pavlov--classical Conditioning

A learning process discovered by Ivan Pavlov that occurs through associations between an environmental stimulus and a naturally occurring stimulus.

Piaget--cognitive Development

The theory proposed by Jean Piaget that describes how children develop logical thinking through a series of stages.

Retrieval Cues

Stimuli or signals that can trigger the recall of information from memory.

Proactive Interference

The phenomenon where old memories make it more difficult to remember new information.