diefenbaker asked this question on 4/24/2000:

Hi. I have to do research on Multiple Personality Dissorder. I was wondering if you had a good idea for an hypothesis I could use. What should I try to prove in my essay? And also, is there any point I should stress about Multiple Personality?

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kinghappy gave this response on 4/24/2000:

lets see. in your essay, you could easily try to prove the existance of mpd or the nonexistance of the mpd. critics of the theory maintain that in most if not all cases therapists create the disorder by reinforcing behavior that is present in it by looking for it and paying more attention to the symptoms that support it. however, i feel the stronger case would be the existance of the mpd. you could focus on the possible causes, early sever e trauma in most cases. it is also interesting to note that in many cases sufferers of mpd have parents who display dissociative symptoms (alterations in memory). mpd (dissociatve identity disorder) is considered a severe case of dissociative disorder. the psychodynamic view holds that dissociative disorders are a case of severe repression. teh behaviorist would say that it is operant conditioning, a person would find temporary relief from a trauma by forgetting or altering a memory or even creating new identities to deal with it. there are of course several other theories, but these are the ones that are most referred to. good luck, and if you need some more specifics, feel free to get back in touch with me.

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Thanks alot!