1. What are the symptoms of factitious disorder, conversion disorder, and somatic symptom disorder? pp. 250–257

2. How do practitioners distinguish conversion disorder from a “genuine” medical problem? What are two different patterns of somatic symptom disorder? pp. 254, 256–257

3. What are the leading explanations and treatments for conversion and somatic symptom disorder? How well does research support them? pp. 257–261

4. What are the symptoms, causes, and treatments of illness anxiety disorder? pp. 261–262

5. What are the specific causes of ulcers, asthma, insomnia, headaches, hypertension, and coronary heart disease? pp. 262–265

6. What kinds of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors appear to contribute to psychophysiological disorders? pp. 265–267

7. What kind of relationship has been found between life stress and physical illnesses? What scale has helped researchers investigate this relationship? pp. 268–269

8. Describe the connection between stress, the immune system, and physical illness. Explain the specific roles played by various types of lymphocytes. pp. 269–271

9. Discuss how immune system functioning at times of stress may be affected by a person’s biochemical activity, behavioral changes, personality style, and social support. pp. 271–272

10. What psychological treatments have been used to help treat physical illnesses? To which specific illnesses has each been applied? pp. 273–275