Author Question: Dr. Kim believes that increases in the frequency of diagnosing dissociative identity disorder have ... (Read 66 times)

future617RT · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Dr. Kim believes that increases in the frequency of diagnosing dissociative identity disorder have occurred because of iatrogenic effects. Which argument would Dr. Kim most likely use?

a. EEG patterns are consistently different when those diagnosed with the disorder experience different personalities.
b. Therapists tend to see the disorder as a way of escaping from unpleasant interpersonal situations.
c. Reports of child abuse cannot be influenced by instructions or expectations.
d. Most therapists who diagnose the disorder use hypnosis and other memory retrieval methods that rely on suggestion.

Question 2

According to psychodynamically-oriented thinkers, traumatic events alone do not produce multiple personalities. There must also be a ____.

a. capacity to dissociate
b. lack of superego function
c. lack of id
d. model for this behavior