order effect ( n.) | |
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Applies to | systems, system functions |
Coiner | Frank W. Putnam |
Origin | Psychiatric Term |
Order Effect describes the unique impacts that fronting order has on headmates. It can be a large chain of fronters or a shorter succession of two or three. This includes, but not limited to:
- Certain headmates not being able to be accessed without being proceeded by a specific headmate: headmates within subsystems, for example;[1]
- Physiological differences, like "headmate A" showing increased heartrate when proceeded by "headmate B", but showing lowered heartrate when proceeded by "headmate C"[1];
- Increased passive influence;
- Altered appearance or behavior based on the previous fronter, especially headmates that do not have very defined traits, like fragments.
- Certain headmates having a natural propensity to front after others, like in-system siblings.
History[edit | edit source]
"Order effect" is a term with multiple meanings in the context of psychology. It can refer to the structure of survey questions impacting answers[2], order of treatments given to a patient[3], and within specific conditions like Bipolar Disorder[1]. Its application to plurality was developed by Frank Putnam, hence the attribution to him.
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Polyfragmented systems may be more likely to experience order effect, or systems experiencing rapid cycling episodes, but this is not well proven.[4]
Front requirements and stopovers may include or be related to order effects.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Switch Process in Multiple Personality Disorder and Other State-Change Disorders by Frank W. Putnam: https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/36679915.pdf
- ↑ https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4612-2848-6_3
- ↑ https://dictionary.apa.org/order-effect
- ↑ https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1794/1396/Diss_1_4_8_OCR_rev.pdf;sequence=4