Conversion and Dissociative Phenomena

Question 1

depersonalization

Answer 1

subjective sensation of unreality about oneself or the environment

Question 2

derealization

Answer 2

subjective sense that the environment is unreal

Question 3

fugue

Answer 3

state of serious depersonalization, often involving travel/relocation; individual takes on new identity with amnesia for old identity

Question 4

dissociative identity disorder

Answer 4

individual has developed two or more distinct personalities

Question 5

dissociation

Answer 5

separation of a group of mental or behavioral processes from the rest of the person’s psychic activity