According to the Textbook, What Is the Main Reason That

question 93

Multiple Choice

According to the textbook, what is the main reason that dissociative identity disorder (DID) patients tend to have many additional psychological disorders?

• A)The more personalities associated with the DID, the more additional disorders will develop.
• B)Most DID patients abuse drugs and alcohol, which leads to other disorders.
• C)Most have suffered horrible child abuse, which leads to many problems in later life.
• D)They appear to have an extreme genetic vulnerability to psychopathology.

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Stereotypes

Oversimplified and generalized beliefs or ideas about a particular group of people, which often do not reflect their actual diversity and complexity.

Preconceived Notions

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Ethnicity

A category of people who identify with each other based on common ancestral, social, cultural, or national experiences.

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