Harvey Is Diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder

question 81

Multiple Choice

Harvey is diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder.His mother severely abused him from the time he was 6 years old.The first of his personalities developed around seven.According to a psychoanalyst, the development of separate personalities served the purpose of ____.

• A)providing substitute significant others to replace an unacceptable parent
• B)taking the pain of the abuse so that his core personality would survive
• C)helping Harvey to remember his mother's viciousness when he grew older
• D)getting Harvey additional attention from family members

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