Which of the Following Individuals Is Most Likely to Receive

question 84

Multiple Choice

Which of the following individuals is most likely to receive a diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder?

• A)Shiloh makes repetitive strange utterances and movements as if in a trance.
• B)Jack often wanders away from his home and returns home when he chooses to.
• C)Ellen appears to have alternate personalities that are extremely different from each other.
• D)Ronald often inflicts self-injuries consciously and turns up at hospitals.

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Definitions:

Desensitization Therapy

A therapeutic technique used to reduce phobias and anxieties by gradually exposing the patient to the feared object or situation in a controlled manner.

Classical Conditioning

The approach of training through the habitual pairing of two stimuli; originally, the second stimulus induces the response, which later is induced by the first stimulus solely.

Extinction

In psychology, the diminishing of a conditioned response, typically when the reinforcement or stimulus that originally led to the response is removed.

Original Learning

The initial phase of acquiring new knowledge or skills where fundamental concepts and principles are established.