Individuals with Dissociative Identity Disorder Generally

question 96

Multiple Choice

Individuals with dissociative identity disorder generally

• A) have only one other distinct personality.
• B) suffer a loss of their own identity that lasts several years.
• C) maintain complete awareness of all of their personalities.
• D) have several distinct personalities.

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Definitions:

Intellectualization

A defense mechanism where reasoning is used to block confrontation with an unconscious conflict and its associated emotional stress, where thinking is used to avoid feeling.

Toilet Training

The process of teaching a young child to control their bladder and bowel movements and to use the toilet for elimination.

Anal Stage

The Anal Stage is the second stage in Freud's psychosexual development theory, occurring from about 18 months to 3 years of age, where children find pleasure in controlling bladder and bowel movements.

Latency Stage

In Freudian theory, a period during childhood development following the phallic stage, where sexual urges are repressed and dormant as children focus on other aspects of life.