Regarding dissociative identity disorder, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. When a person has a dissociative identity disorder, the person often experiences episodes of psychosis.
b. When one personality is in control, the core personality will experience a "time lapse," or a memory blackout.
c. Each personality may have a distinct voice, vocabulary, and posture, that another personality does not have.
d. Identity disorders often begin with unbearable childhood experiences with the first dissociation allowing the child to escape by creating another person to suffer the pain.
A
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