Why Is the Dissociative Coping Explanation of Dissociative Identity Disorder

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Multiple Choice

Why is the dissociative coping explanation of dissociative identity disorder difficult to test?

• A) Dissociative identity disorder is so rarely diagnosed that experimental subjects cannot be located.
• B) Dissociative identity disorder is usually diagnosed in adulthood, and it is often impossible to verify whether the reports of childhood trauma are real or imagined.
• C) People with dissociative identity disorder typically also suffer from extreme paranoia, so they are usually unwilling to participate in psychological research.
• D) People with dissociative identity disorder rarely answer the same questions the same way twice, so it is impossible to draw conclusions from formal interviews or psychological tests.

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