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Title: Blake heard that one of his coworkers, Allan, was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Which of the ...
Post by: Anajune7 on Nov 1, 2021

Question 1

What is the social-cognitive explanation of dissociative identity disorder? What are three types of evidence that would invalidate (i.e., not support) the social-cognitive position?

Question 2

Blake heard that one of his coworkers, Allan, was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Which of the following symptoms would best fit Allan's experience?
◦ Allan believes that the Pentagon is following him everywhere through the GPS on his cell phone.
◦ When asked to talk about what happened in his day, Allan rambles on for 15 minutes, jumping from topic to topic, but never answering the original question.
◦ Allan has large gaps in memory where he was told he was behaving in uncharacteristic ways. His personality tends to switch to someone else when he is under stress.
◦ Allan believes the Pentagon is following him, AND he rambles, jumps from topic to topic, and never answers questions asked of him.

Title: Blake heard that one of his coworkers, Allan, was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Which of the ...
Post by: pocatato on Nov 1, 2021

Answer 1

Answers may vary, but should include the following for full credit:
Dissociative identity disorder is a controversial diagnosis. People who adopt a social-cognitive explanation argue that the condition is either made up, induced by therapists, or an instance of role-playing on the part of the diagnosed person, especially within the highly publicized sociocultural context of the United States. Evidence that would invalidate this position is 1) identification of dissociative identity disorder across different cultures, where historically the disorder has not been diagnosed; 2) demonstrating that all cases of dissociative identity disorder include a history of severe trauma, which is the basis for arguments made by those who see the condition as "real," and; 3) evidence that people cannot fake dissociative identity disorder under laboratory conditions. To date evidence in each of these areas has been gathered, leading the explanatory controversy to continue.

Answer 2

Allan believes the Pentagon is following him, AND he rambles, jumps from topic to topic, and never answers questions asked of him.

Title: Re: Blake heard that one of his coworkers, Allan, was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Which of the ...
Post by: Katiadame100 on Dec 1, 2022

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