Understanding Multiple Personality Disorder

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How do psychodynamic theorists explain dissociative disorders?

  • As a response to horrifying events
  • As a response learned through operant conditioning
  • As a result of a single episode of massive repression
  • As caused by a lifetime of excessive repression (correct)

What characterizes subpersonalities in a mutually cognizant pattern?

  • They are unable to communicate with each other
  • They experience one-way amnesic relationships
  • They are well aware of each other (correct)
  • They have no awareness of each other

How do behaviorists explain dissociation according to the text?

  • As a result of excessive repression
  • As a response learned through operant conditioning (correct)
  • As a response to horrifying events
  • As a single episode of massive repression

What distinguishes subpersonalities in terms of abilities based on the text?

<p>They vary in abilities such as driving, speaking foreign languages, and playing musical instruments (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In what kind of relationships do subpersonalities have no awareness of each other, as per the text?

<p>Mutually amnesic relationships (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of learning do behaviorists associate with dissociation?

<p>Operant conditioning (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a characteristic of dissociative disorders according to the text?

<p>Involves intense and disruptive dissociative reactions (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term is used to describe the forgotten period in dissociative amnesia?

<p>Amnestic episode (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a key factor that helps determine whether individuals will develop acute and posttraumatic stress disorders?

<p>Severity of Trauma (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which disorder is also known as multiple personality disorder?

<p>Dissociative identity disorder (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a feature of dissociative amnesia according to the text?

<p>Leads to aimless wandering during an amnestic episode (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which statement is true about dissociative symptoms in dissociative disorders?

<p>They are particularly intense and extensive. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In State-Dependent Learning, why are people likely to remember something best when they are in the same condition as when they learned it?

<p>Because memories and skills are tied exclusively to a particular state of mind (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a similarity between hypnotic amnesia and dissociative disorders?

<p>People forget certain material for a period of time in both situations (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a possible explanation for dissociative disorders according to some theorists?

<p>People hypnotize themselves into forgetting unpleasant events (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do some theorists relate dissociative identity disorder to self-hypnosis?

<p>By fulfilling the wish to become another person (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What characterizes an extreme version of state-dependent learning according to the text?

<p>Tying thoughts, memories, and skills exclusively to a particular state of subpersonality (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one common similarity between self-hypnosis and dissociative disorders?

<p>People forget certain material without awareness of why they are forgetting (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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