The disorder characterized by disturbances in social interaction, communication, and behavior is:

According to the discussion of the "false memory controversy,"

a. we have extensive evidence that people repress painful memories and later recover them. b. in some cases, therapists have suggested that unpleasant events may have occurred during childhood, and people may mistakenly believe that they actually occurred. c. researchers have constructed a checklist to determine whether an individual is telling the truth about an early life event; this checklist has high validity. d. the research shows that people seldom make errors; when they say they experienced an event, it is almost certain that they did so.

A relative confides in you that she has recently been diagnosed as suffering from periods of depression alternating with states of mania. Your relative probably has a type of

a. mood disorder. b. personality disorder. c. dissociative disorder. d. schizophrenia.