According to the sociocognitive explanation of multiple personality disorder,therapists have
A)focused too much attention on treatment,and not enough on allowing personalities to reveal themselves.
B)been manipulated by scheming patients.
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 of multiple personality disorder argues that therapists (and society in general) have inadvertently created and reinforced the condition by rewarding patients with attention and praise for revealing more and more personalities. This has led some patients to adopt and develop multiple personalities as a way to cope with trauma or to gain attention and validation from others.

According to the Sociocognitive Explanation of Multiple Personality Disorder,therapists Have