Research into the memories of those claiming to suffer from dissociative identity disorder (DID) has found that information pres
ented to one ""alter"" is usually available to the other. This finding has shed doubt on the concept of amnesia across alternate personalities in cases of DID. This situation demonstrates which of the six principles mentioned in your chapter?
This situation demonstrates the principle of falsifiability.
Explanation:
The concept of falsifiability in science was introduced by Karl Popper, who states that if a theory or statement can be proven false the theory or statement is, in the end, false. The theory has to be contradicted by a basic statement, as in the case of people with amnesia suffering from alternate personalities and people suffering from DID.
