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</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of learning do behaviorists associate with dissociation?

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

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

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

    Which disorder is also known as multiple personality disorder?

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

    Which statement is true about dissociative symptoms in dissociative disorders?

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

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