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Laurent has three subpersonalities. Jackie emerges when Laurent is in an awkward social situation, Grace surfaces during sporting events, and Carlos appears when Laurent is angry. The therapist believes that the mood and conditions under which each subpersonality appears are critical to understanding this disorder, demonstrating a belief in:

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state-dependent learning.

Step-by-step explanation:

State-dependent learning is a term used to refer to a situation where an individual retrieves information from their memory, or retrieves a type of behavior when it is in the same psychological state as when that information or behavior was adopted. An example of this is occurring with Laurent, where his subpersonalities are only "remembered" or "manifested" in the emotional situations and psychological states they were created with.

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