Maria, an Adolescent with a History of Sleepwalking, Is Diagnosed

question 57

Multiple Choice

Maria, an adolescent with a history of sleepwalking, is diagnosed as having dissociative identity disorder (DID) . She was severely abused as a child and, in response, has developed three distinct personalities. She has no gaps in her memory. What aspect of Maria's case is unusual for DID?

• A) That she was severely abused as a child
• B) That she has a history of sleepwalking
• C) That she has more than two personalities
• D) That she has no gaps in her memory

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Definitions:

Degrees Of Freedom

The count of distinct values or measures that can be attributed to a statistical distribution while adhering to all restrictions.

Parameters Estimated

Quantitative values derived from statistical modeling used to represent characteristics of a population based on sample data.

Normal Population

A population distribution that follows a normal (Gaussian) curve, where all measures of central tendency (mean, median, and mode) are equal and most of the data falls close to the mean.

Significance Level

A threshold in hypothesis testing that determines the probability of rejecting a true null hypothesis, usually denoted as alpha (α).