In 1859, Pierre Briquet Described Patients Who Came to See

question 18

Multiple Choice

In 1859, Pierre Briquet described patients who came to see him with a seemingly endless list of complaints for which he could find no basis. This was later called:

• A) Obsession/compulsion Disorder
• B) Somatic Symptom Disorder
• C) Dissociative Identity Disorder
• D) Depression.

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Definitions:

Brain-Wave Response

Electrical patterns in the brain that reflect different states of consciousness or activity, which can be measured with an EEG (electroencephalogram).

Generalization

The process in psychology by which a response is made to a stimulus similar to the one that originally elicited the response.

Observational Learning

A learning process whereby individuals acquire new behaviors or knowledge by observing and imitating others.

Higher-Order Conditioning

A procedure in which the conditioned stimulus in one conditioning experience is paired with a new neutral stimulus, creating a second (often weaker) conditioned stimulus. For example, an animal that has learned that a tone predicts food might then learn that a light predicts the tone and begin responding to the light alone. (Also called second-order conditioning.)