What is the first step of the decision-making process? Identify alternatives. Review the decision. Identify the decision to be made. Gather information about the decision.

“an abused child's thoughts occasionally drift to other, less anxiety-arousing topics; this anxiety reduction thus serves to strengthen 'other' thoughts, while weakening the thoughts about abuse.” a psychologist with which theoretical background would be most likely to offer this quotation as an explanation for the development of dissociative disorders?