Week 8 CHAPTER QUIZ: Chapter 10 - Personality Disorders

John has a great need for order and perfectionism. He can't leave the house until every hair is in place, and he has been known to iron the same shirt over and over to ensure that he is wrinkle-free. What personality disorder does John's behavior suggest?

Obsessive-compulsive

Avoidant personality disorder is extremely similar to and hard to distinguish from

generalized social phobia.

What "border" did the term "borderline" in borderline personality refer to?

The behaviors exhibited by people with borderline personality disorder lie on continuum between neurotic and psychotic disorders.

Which of the following is a factor that complicates determining the causes of personality disorders?

The high likelihood that an individual with one personality disorder may also have another

Which of the following personality disorders might be the female equivalent of antisocial personality disorder?

Histrionic

Impulsivity and extreme instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and mood best characterize

borderline personality disorder.

Which basic personality traits from the five-factor model seem most important in the development of obsessive compulsive personality disorder?

High conscientiousness and low compliance

Individuals with personality disorders

are unable to perform some roles expected by society.

The five- factor model

is a model of normal personality that includes an expanded description of the five basic personality dimensions.

The best current research shows that children of parents with antisocial personality disorder who were adopted into other families

developed antisocial personality disorder at higher rates only if their adoptive family had problems, such as marital conflict.

Which basic personality traits from the five-factor model seem most important in the development of histrionic personality disorder?

High extraversion and high neuroticism

Individuals who seem odd and eccentric to others may have personality disorders from

Cluster A

Which type of child is most likely to show the personality traits of a psychopath as an adult?

One who has fearlessness, low anxiety, and high callousness

Self-mutilation, such as is seen in borderline personality disorder, is

done to reduce anxiety and depression.

One proposed revision for the DSM-5 pertaining to the diagnosis of personality disorders did not occur. Which change was this?

A dimensional approach will be used to achieve diagnosis

Antisocial personality disorder differs from the other Cluster B disorders in that

a need for approval or attention is not displayed.

In contrast to schizoid individuals, those with avoidant personality disorder

are extremely upset by their lack of social relationships

Schizophrenic disorders seem to be most strongly linked genetically to ________ personality disorder.

schizotypal

There is a general agreement among researchers that personality

can be characterized by five basic trait dimensions.

Why is the use of medication for borderline personality disorder controversial?

Because it is frequently associated with suicidal behavior

Helen is suspicious and doubts the loyalty of even her friends. She is unwilling to forgive perceived insults and never forgets a grudge. She is most likely to be diagnosed with ________ personality disorder.

paranoid

Emily calls her husband every day at work to ask him what she should make for dinner. She spends her days at her mother's, because Emily worries that something will go wrong in her own home that she won't be able to handle. Even though she paints and draws well, Emily has never tried to take a class or use her talent, because she says she knows she really isn't good enough. Emily's most likely diagnosis is

dependent personality disorder.

Symptoms of what Axis I diagnosis are present in individuals who later develop antisocial personality disorder?

Conduct disorder or oppositional defiant disorder

Misdiagnoses are common when looking at potential personality disorders because

many of the personality disorders share common features.

Luisa is a lively and emotional graduate student. She dresses provocatively and behaves in a very seductive manner with her male professors. She has had a long string of short-lived, stormy romances. Luisa is most likely to have a diagnosis of

histrionic personality disorder.