5.4.G—Describe the symptoms and possible causes of selected dissociative disorders

Describe the symptoms and possible causes of selected dissociative disorders.

• Dissociative disorders are characterized by dissociations from consciousness, memory, identity, emotion, perception, body representation, motor control, and behavior. Selected disorders in scope for AP Psychology in this category are dissociative amnesia (with and without fugue) and dissociative identity disorder.
• Possible causes of dissociative disorders involve the experience of trauma or stress. IVE