Dissociative Disorder

Question 1

Ernest Hilgard: the hidden observer phenomenon

Answer 1

consciousness can split into different streams

Question 2

which stream is responsible for conscious plans, desires, and voluntary action

Answer 2

active mode of consciousness

Question 3

which stream store and and process information without awareness

Answer 3

Passive Receptive Mode of Consciousness

Question 4

priming

Answer 4

know what it is (name three fruit example)

Question 5

Dissociative Amnesia

Answer 5

inability to recall autobiographic information but have intact procedural memories

Question 6

localized amnesia

Answer 6

forgetting the entire occurrence of an event creating memory gaps

Question 7

selective amnesia

Answer 7

can only remember certain parts of an event but not the others (kinda like when you get wasted)

Question 8

continuous amnesia

Answer 8

memory loss extending to the present after the event

Question 9

Dissociative fugue

Answer 9

extreme dissociative amnesia (can forget one’s identity and tends to end abruptly)

Question 10

state dependent learning

Answer 10

People with dissociative disorders may particularly rigid and forget information processed under high arousal conditions

Question 11

depersonalization and derealization

Answer 11

feeling detached from your body; feeling like your surroundings are unreal