Harvey is diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder. His mother severely abused him from the time he was six years old. The first of his personalities developed around seven. According to his psychoanalyst, the development of separate personalities served the purpose of ____
a. providing substitute significant others to replace an unacceptable parent
b. taking the pain of the abuse so that his core personality would survive
c. helping Harvey to remember his mother's viciousness when he grew older
d. getting Harvey additional attention from family members
b
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a. level of educational attainment. b. level of financial success. c. roles as wife and mother. d. views on religion.
Erdelyi suggests Freud's theory was a theory of
a. social learning. b. behavior management. c. cognition. d. hydraulic energy.
According to psychodynamic theory, dissociative disorders involve the massive use of
______. a. regression c. repression b. projection d. reaction formation
The rhythms of sleep and waking
a. coincide with cycles of the moon. b. are considerably shorter than 24 hours. c. are a little over 24 hours long. d. average around 36 hours.