According to the posttraumatic model of dissociative identity disorder (DID), an abused child can more easily cope with everyday life by usually forgetting about the abusive incidents and by pretending that the abuse is happening to someone else. In behavioral terms, this self-deception can be conceptualized as a type of covert:
A) avoidance response.
B) form of learned helplessness.
C) attention-seeking device.
D) appetitive response.

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The posttraumatic model of dissociative identity disorder (DID) suggests that dissociation is a coping mechanism where an individual mentally escapes from the reality of trauma. This is conceptualized as a type of covert avoidance response, where the individual avoids the psychological impact of the trauma by dissociating or separating those memories from their conscious awareness.

According to the Posttraumatic Model of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)