After Being Passed Up for a Promotion and Then Getting

question 248

Multiple Choice

After being passed up for a promotion and then getting into a heated argument with his son, a man disappears. He shows up two weeks later in another town with no memory of who he is or how he got there. He appears to be suffering from

• A) schizophrenia.
• B) a personality disorder.
• C) a dissociative disorder.
• D) a mood disorder.

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Definitions:

Routinization

The process of making an activity or task regular or habitual, often by establishing a standardized procedure or routine.

Weber

Refers to Max Weber, a German sociologist, philosopher, and political economist whose ideas profoundly influenced social theory and social research.

Bureaucratic Religious Organization

A formal structure governing a religious institution, characterized by a hierarchical chain of command and a set of defined rules and procedures.

Denomination

Midway on the continuum between church and sect, a denomination does not seek to distance itself from the world, is bureaucratically organized, and generally maintains a tolerant relationship with other denominations.