> On Apr 15, 2015, at 5:02 AM, Michael Britt <[email protected]> wrote: > I have spoken to a few clinicians who agree that while multiple personality > disorder probably doesn’t exist
MPD/DID undoubtedly “exists"—that is, people exhibit the symptoms. The controversy has always been over how best to explain the development of this cluster of symptoms. > , people do indeed “dissociate”. In one of the videos so far mentioned a > clinician says that dissociation is similar to that experience we have when > we are driving and we arrive somewhere but don’t know how we got there. In my classes, this is one area where I prefer to use the old psychoanalytic concept of levels of awareness or the more modern cognitive concept of automatic processes. I think of “highway hypnosis” as resulting from well-learned responses that have become “habitual." When our attention is focused on something else, habitual responses activated by the situation we are in take over. This may be thought of as occurring at the preconscious level (if we are using a Freudian approach) or automatic processing of information (if we are using a cognitive approach). I wish I had more time right now to discuss the nuances (e.g., Zajonc’s work)—maybe later. I studied the concept of dissociation for several years and I have to admit that I’ve never gained a clear understanding of it, perhaps because it’s been conceptualized in so many ways. Best, Jeff -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Curriculum Vitae <http://sccpsy101.com/curriculum-vitae/> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scottsdale Community College 9000 E. Chaparral Road Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 Office: SB-123 Phone: (480) 423-6213 Fax: (480) 423-6298 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=43923 or send a blank email to leave-43923-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
