Question 1

Jeremy suffers from psychogenic amnesia. He probably

Accepted Answer

Psychogenic amnesia typically involves memory loss that is not due to physical injury or disease, and individuals often appear normal aside from their memory issues.

Question 2

In the individual with DID, "switches" between identities

Accepted Answer

Switches between identities in DID often result in memory gaps, as different identities may not share memories with each other.

Question 3

The German man, in the study mentioned in the text, who had dissociative fugue denied that he could speak German. However, he learned German-English word pairs much faster than control words. This supports that

Accepted Answer

The fact that the man learned German-English word pairs faster than control words suggests that his implicit memory, which involves unconscious learning and memory processes, remained intact. This indicates that mainly episodic memory, which involves conscious recollection of personal experiences, is lost in dissociative fugue.

Question 4

When a person experiences psychogenic amnesia, only one portion of memory is usually affected. Which?

Accepted Answer

Psychogenic amnesia typically affects episodic memory, which involves the recall of personal experiences and specific events in time.

Question 5

Why has the term "multiple personality disorder" been replaced with "dissociative identity disorder"?

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The term was changed to reflect a better understanding that DID involves varying expressions of different aspects of a single personality, rather than fully developed separate personalities.

Question 6

The text presented the case of Mary Kendall, who suffered from dissociative identity disorder. She is typical of individuals with this disorder in that

Accepted Answer

Individuals with dissociative identity disorder often experience "lost time," where they cannot recall periods when another personality was in control.

Question 7

Assuming a new identity in a new place is characteristic of

Accepted Answer

Dissociative fugue is characterized by the sudden, unexpected travel away from home and the assumption of a new identity.

Question 8

Octavia has been diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder DID). She has seventeen different "alters" which are strikingly different from her host personality. Some of her alters are not full personalities, but fragments and memories. Some of the alters are children. What aspect of this case is unusual?

Accepted Answer

Dissociative Identity Disorder often involves multiple alters that can be very different from the host personality, and it is not uncommon for individuals to have a large number of alters, including fragmentary ones.

Question 9

Why has there been little systematic research conducted on dissociative amnesia and fugue?

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These conditions are rare, making it difficult to gather enough cases for extensive research.

Question 10

Once a dissociative fugue ends, people

Accepted Answer

Once a dissociative fugue ends, individuals typically regain their memories of their past life but do not recall the events that occurred during the fugue state.

Question 11

A person with two or more well-developed identities has the disorder called

Accepted Answer

Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is characterized by the presence of two or more distinct identities or personality states that control a person's behavior at different times.

Question 12

Gerard became amnesic, wandered away from home and assumed a completely new identity as a shoe salesman. He suffers from

Accepted Answer

Dissociative fugue involves sudden, unexpected travel away from home with an inability to recall one's past, often accompanied by confusion about personal identity or the assumption of a new identity. Gerard's symptoms match this description.

Question 13

Which of the following is true of opposite sex alters in DID?

Accepted Answer

Opposite sex alters are quite common in Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) and are not considered rare.

Question 14

Dissociative identity disorder was formerly known as

Accepted Answer

Dissociative identity disorder was formerly known as multiple personality disorder.

Question 15

Which of the following is most commonly true of the host identity in DID?

Accepted Answer

The host identity in Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is often not the original identity, as the original identity may become less dominant or inaccessible due to the trauma that led to the development of DID.

Question 16

Which of the following has been demonstrated about the effects of psychogenic amnesias on memory?

Accepted Answer

Psychogenic amnesia typically affects explicit memory, particularly episodic memory, while implicit memory remains largely intact.

Question 17

All of the following are are associated with DID except

Accepted Answer

Psychosis is not associated with DID.

Question 18

Jill did not remember the accident happening, or the following two days. What form of amnesia is this memory loss characteristic of?

Accepted Answer

Localized amnesia involves the inability to recall events during a specific period, such as the accident and the following two days in Jill's case.

Question 19

Which of the following is most suggestive of dissociative identity disorder?

Accepted Answer

Dissociative identity disorder is characterized by a disruption of identity with two or more distinct personality states and recurrent gaps in the recall of everyday events, personal information, or traumatic events. Kyla's inability to recall her activities is suggestive of such memory gaps.

Question 20

Brigid has been diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder. Brigid is the host personality. We can expect that the alter identities

Accepted Answer

Alter identities in dissociative identity disorder are often strikingly different from the host personality, exhibiting distinct behaviors, memories, and ways of interacting with the world.

Quiz 7: Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders