Question

A psychologist explains a disorder as follows. "The disorder develops because, in the face of overwhelming stress, the person has the capacity to dissociate and wall off the traumatic experience. This happens when there is no support in the family." The psychologist probably holds a ____ perspective on ____.

Answer 1

Answer:

psychodynamic; dissociative identity disorder

Explanation:

A psychologist explains a disorder as follows. "The disorder develops because, in the face of overwhelming stress, the person has the capacity to dissociate and wall off the traumatic experience. This happens when there is no support in the family." The psychologist probably holds a psychodynamic perspective on dissociative identity disorder. According to Freud's psychodynamic theory, the psychodynamic approach aims to give the patient’s ego back its mastery over lost provinces of his mental life” and psychodynamic perspective is well suited for the treatment of dissociative identity disorder such as stress, traumatic experience and hard times