PSYC 223 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Major Depressive Episode, Major Depressive Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder

• School: Binghamton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 223
• Professor: tarahmidy

Document Summary

Characterized by a disruption of the normal integration of consciousness, memory, identity, emotion, perception, body representation, motor control, and behavior: dissociative experiences. An inability to remember personal information or significant periods of time. Being unclear or conflicted about one"s personal identity. Overt behaviors indication that one has assumed an alternate identity. Fully engaging all your perceptual resources on one item so that you are no longer attending to other aspects of the environment: dissociative amnesia. Characterized by an inability to recall autobiographical information that is inconsistent with normal forgetting. Purposeful travel or bewildered wandering that is associated with amnesia for identity or other information. Histories of trauma, child abuse, and victimization are common. Suicidal and other self-destructive behaviors are common in individuals with dissociative amnesia: dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality disorder) Characterized by the presence of two or more distinct personality states (alters) or an experience of possession.