Psychology 2310A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Hypochondriasis, Malingering, Derealization

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2310A/B
• Professor: Rod Martin

Document Summary

Five patterns of memory loss characteristic of diss amnesia: localized amnesia: fails to recall info from very specific time period, selective amnesia: only some parts of the trauma are forgotten, others remembered, generalized amnesia: forget all personal info from their past, continuous amnesia: forges info from a specific date until present, systematized amnesia: only forgets certain categories of info, such as people or places, **last 3 are less common. Trauma model: diathesis stress formulation, did result of severe childhood trauma accompanied by personality traits predisposing person to employ dissociation as a defense mechanism or coping strategy, initially dissociation may be adaptive response to trauma that helps them deal with it (cid:224)offers means of escape when no other options, defense mechanism is no longer adaptive when maintained as habitual way of coping throughout adulthood, certain personality traits predispose to did, and when mixed with trauma, increase risk of do developing, attachment theory can also explain some vulnerability.