According to the sociocognitive explanation of dissociative identity disorder, therapists have:
A) focused too much attention on allowing personalities to reveal themselves and not enough on treatment.
B) found that most of the patients have distorted perceptions and irrational behavior.
C) let too many severe cases go unrecognized, undiagnosed, and untreated.
D) rewarded patients with attention and praise for revealing more and more personalities.

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The sociocognitive explanation suggests that therapists may have inadvertently reinforced and rewarded patients for revealing more and more personalities, leading to a proliferation of identities. This can occur through excessive attention and praise given to the patient for displaying different personalities.

According to the Sociocognitive Explanation of Dissociative Identity Disorder, Therapists