Question

College students were asked to pretend that they were accused murderers. Under hypnosis, they typically expressed a second personality when prompted to do so by the examining psychiatrist. This most strongly suggests that dissociative identity disorder may involve..

A) low self-esteem.
B) unconscious fear.
C) a negative explanatory style.
D) role playing.

Answer 1

The correct answer is D. Role playing.

Step-by-step explanation:

Role playing refers to assuming a certain role and creating a scenario from it, different from reality.

Dissociative Personality Disorder (DID) involves an individual having at least 2 different personality states and a mind gap in between the changes between these.

In this case, the college students were role playing murderers and they showed a second personality during the experience. Relating to this particular example, it can be deduced that the dissociative identity disorder may involve a certain role play, since the students displayed a certain second personality during hypnosis.