Midori's therapist suggests that she developed a dissociative identity disorder as a way of protecting herself from an awareness of her own hatred for her abusive mother.The therapist's suggestion most directly reflects a ________ perspective.

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The suggestion that Midori developed a dissociative identity disorder as a defense mechanism to protect herself from her hatred for her abusive mother reflects a psychodynamic perspective because it emphasizes unconscious mental processes and unresolved conflicts from childhood as shaping behavior and psychological functioning.

Midori's Therapist Suggests That She Developed a Dissociative Identity Disorder