The inability to recall important personal information that cannot be accounted for by medical causes or simple forgetting is known as __________.

A. dissociative identity disorder
B. dissociative amnesia
C. depersonalization/derealization disorder
D. dissociative fugue


Answer: B

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Mark was diagnosed with a moderate intellectual disability and would be described as a loving and responsive child, who is making progress in a specially tailored educational program. Mark's condition is the result of his receiving an extra chromosome from his mother at pair 21 . Mark has

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a. are depressed that you did not win. b. experience a decrease in self-esteem. c. experience no change in self-esteem; after all, you didn't do anything. d. experience an increase in self-esteem.

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