PSYC 1002 Lecture Notes - Dissociative Identity Disorder, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Fugue State
17 Feb 2014
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Wed. july 31st chapter 14 cont: subjects are presented with sentences that can be viewed as threatening or non- threatening. It was found that the anxious subjects were more likely to find neutral or non-threatening info as threatening: dissociative disorders, dissociative amnesia: when following a trauma, you have memory but forget personal information. You can remember where you work but you forget your name, phone number: dissociative fugue: forget personal information as well as other info that is personally relevant (family, where you work, friends). You can still remember how to do routine things (driving, writing): dissociative identity disorder: multiple personalities. In almost every case is causes buy abusive trauma usually in childhood. Some psychologists believe this disorder does not exist, and that it is actually just a severe case of role playing: mood disorders, major depressive disorder: extreme sadness, constant feeling, interferes with life.
