PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes -Dissociative Identity Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Avoidant Personality Disorder

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Harvey Marmurek

Document Summary

Textbook: psychology tenth edition in modules authored by david g. myers. Rare; disorders of consciousness, experiencing a sudden loss of memory or change in identity; dissociation itself is not so rare. Dissociative identity disorder: a massive dissociation of self from ordinary consciousness characterized those with did, in which two or more distinct identities are said to alternately control the person"s behaviour. Each personality has its own voice and mannerisms. This, the person may be prim and proper one moment, loud and flirtatious the next. Typically, the original personality denies any awareness of the others. Formerly called multiple personality disorder; not usually violent, can be good/bad like jekyll and hyde. Most did patients are highly hypnotizable, whatever explains one condition dissociation or role playing may help explain the other. Between 1930 and 1960, number of did diagnoses in north america was two per decade. Rather than being provoked by trauma, dissociative symptoms tend to be exhibited by suggestible, fantasy-pron e people.