Describe how cognitive-behavioral therapy might help a person with dissociative identity disorder.

What will be an ideal response?


As a specific technique, cognitive-behavioral therapy is well- suited to helping clients with dissociative identity disorder to develop a coherent sense of themselves and their experiences. To help clients view themselves more favorably, clinicians can stimulate them to question long-held core assumptions about themselves that are contributing to their symptoms. For example, they may believe they are responsible for their abuse, or that it is wrong for them to show anger toward their abusers, or that they can't cope with their painful memories. By confronting and then changing these cognitions, clients can gain a sense of control that will allow them to incorporate those memories into their sense of self.

Psychology

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a. bodily causes of behavior. b. psychological causes of behavior. c. mind-related causes of behavior. d. psychosomatic causes of behavior.

Psychology

Twin studies, to assess heritability of sexual orientation, found which of the following?

a) There is no heritability factor for sexual orientation. b) Between fifty and sixty percent of identical twins were both homosexual if their twin was homosexual. c) There was only a slight heritability factor, and only for men. d) One hundred percent of identical twins were both homosexual if their twin was homosexual.

Psychology

Last night Darnell dreamt he was inside a burning house trying to rescue his children. He could hear them screaming but he couldn't get to them through the smoke and flames. He woke up sweating and was still troubled by it the next morning. Which of the following was Darnell likely experiencing during this situation?

A. REM sleep B. Stage II sleep C. Stage III sleep D. Stage IV sleep

Psychology

The __________ phase of a grand mal seizure is to rhythmic jerking movements as the __________ phase is to skeletal muscle contractions.

A. clonic; tonic B. partial; tonic C. clonic; partial D. tonic; clonic

Psychology