A Friend of Yours Asks, "Isn't It Easy to Tell

question 60

Multiple Choice

A friend of yours asks, "Isn't it easy to tell when a person is faking the symptoms of dissociative identity disorder?" An accurate answer would be: ____.

• A)"No, because there is no way to accurately determine the existence of multiple personalities."
• B)"Yes, you can give them personality tests, those can't be faked."
• C)"Yes, diagnosis is usually done after hypnosis, when people are most truthful."
• D)"Yes, differences in EEG tracing prove who is showing a different personality and who is not."

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