PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Complications Of Pregnancy, Epigenetics, Dissociative Identity Disorder

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

Document Summary

People confuse this with multiple personality disorder - it"s not that. People feel they lose control of their mind. The split indicates that the individual starts to believe and see things and experience things that are really made up - the / whatever voices or thoughts they are hearing - they are all out of touch from reality. You feel like you are being chased or attacked, fear of someone hurting you. There is something not quite right with this person. Perceiving something that is not there, that is not real. Unresponsive - not really interacting or bring appropriate with you. Note: 2 multiple choice questions extracted from segment shown in class will be on the final) http://www. pbs. org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/asylums/view/ If your twin has it, there"s a 50 percent chance that you would have it. If your parents have it, then you have a 50% chance of having it. Drugs that increase dopamine produce symptoms similar to schizophrenia.