Question

Alexia started a new job on Monday morning. For the first three days, she showed up in bright colors and was outgoing and extroverted. However, on Thursday, she showed up in a dark suit and appeared shy and introverted. She insisted that her name was Clara, and she couldn’t understand why her coworkers kept calling her Alexia. In this example, Alexia is showing symptoms that are consistent with​

Answer 1

dissociative identity disorder.

Step-by-step explanation:

Dissociative identity disorder: In abnormal psychology, the term "dissociative identity disorder" is also denoted as DID, and was formerly known as "multiple personality disorder or MPD", and is described as a one of the different mental disorder that is being distinguished as maintaining two or more different and relatively enduring "personality states". However, this is being accompanied by "memory gaps".

Causes: Early childhood trauma including emotional pr physical abuse.

In the question above, Alexia is showing symptoms that are consistent with​ a dissociative identity disorder.