Julie Experienced Inexplicable Blindness

question 68

Multiple Choice

Julie experienced inexplicable blindness.She visited several ophthalmologists,all of whom indicated there was no physical basis for her blindness.She most likely has

• A)Illness anxiety disorder
• B)dissociative disorder.
• C)conversion disorder.
• D)body dysmorphic disorder.

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Definitions:

Change Blindness

A phenomenon where an observer does not notice some significant change in the visual environment, demonstrating limits of perception.

Extras

Extras refers to additional items or people beyond what is necessary, often enhancing or completing something.

Attentional Blink

A momentary lapse in visual processing that occurs when two stimuli are presented in close succession.

Stroop Effect

A demonstration of interference in the reaction time of a task, where naming the color of the word takes longer and is more prone to errors when the color of the ink does not match the name of the color.