Although this conclusion is controversial, some psychologists believe that individuals with dissociative identity disorder develop multiple personalities
a. as a way of pushing traumatic events out of conscious awareness.
b. because they are reinforced for doing so, through the attention they receive.
c. as a result of having been hypnotized by close friends or relatives.
d. as a result of severe substance abuse during childhood.
Answer: a. as a way of pushing traumatic events out of conscious awareness.
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