PSY 371 Chapter 13
Personality disorders typically become recognizable in:
adolescence or early adulthood
Freudian theorists suggest that people with obsessive compulsive personality disorders are:
anal regressive
DSM-5 stipulates that a person must be at least 18 years of age to receive the diagnosis of _____ personality disorder.
antisocial
People with _____ personality disorders are sometimes described a "psychopaths" or "sociopaths".
antisocial
The cluster of "dramatic" personality disorders include which of the following personality disorders?
antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic
Research has found that individuals with antisocial disorder often seem to experience less _________ than other people, a key ingredient to learning.
anxiety
In classifying personality disorder, the DSM's listing of 10 distinct personality disorders is called a _____ approach.
categorical
A personality disorder characterized by a pattern of clinging and obedience, fear of separations, and ongoing need to be taken care of is:
dependent persoanlity disorder
Psychodynamic explanations for dependent personality disorder are very similar to those for:
depression
________, which helps clients increase their ability to tolerate stress, learn new social skills, and responds more effectively to life situations, is considered the treatment of choice in many clinical for borderline personality disorder.
dialectical behavioral therapy
Which of the following treatment approaches is of limited help for sufferers of paranoid personality disorder?
drug therapy
Which is not a description of the three clusters of DSM-5 personality disorders?
high degree of learned helplessness
Which of the personality disorders was once called "hysterical personality disorder" and involves individuals who are typically described as emotionally charged and seeking to be the center attention?
histrionic
_____ personality disorder was formerly a name for histrionic personality disorder
hysterical
Treatments for those with antisocial personality disorder are typically:
ineffective
Which is an area not usually affected by a personality disorder?
intelligence
Which is not given as part of the biological explanation for why people with antisocial personality disorder are the way they are?
slow EKG waves
Psychodynamic theorists believe that people who develop antisocial personality disorder have failed to develop a sense of:
trust
Men are ______ as likely as women to display obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.
twice
The lack of consensus about the correct diagnosis of personality disorders questions the _____ of the DSM categories.
validity and reliability
According to a large body of research with diverse populations, how many "supertraits," or factors, may describe the basic structure of personality/
5
Which of the following is not a problem with the DSM-5 categories of personality disorders?
All of the personality disorder are seen more in men than in women, suggesting a bias in diagnostic criteria.
What is the primary distinction between the beliefs of someone with paranoid personality disorder and someone with paranoid schizophrenia?
The beliefs of someone with paranoid personality disorder are not usually delusional, while the beliefs of someone with paranoid schizophrenia are
Which of the following so not a quality /skill that may shift in a sufferer of borderline personality disorder?
athletic ability
The diagnostic features of which of the following personality disorders makes it likely that they may also suffer from social anxiety disorder (social phobia)?
avoidant
People with ______ personality disorder display great instability, major shifts in mood, an unstable self image, and impulsivity.
borderline
Of the following groups of people, which receives the least trust from society?
congressional members
Psychodynamic therapists believe that people with histrionic personality disorder are trying to defend against deep-seated fears of :
loss
People with ______ personality disorder are generally grandlose, need much admiration, and feel no empathy with others.
narcissistic
The cluster of "anxious" personality disorder includes avoidant, dependent, and ________ personality disorders.
obsessive- compulsive
The basic structure of personality may consist of five "supertraits," which do not include:
paranoia
The "odd" cluster of personality disorders consists of which personality disorders?
paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal
Ways of thinking and feeling about oneself and others that significantly and adversely affect how an individual functions in many aspects of life is:
personality disorders
Enduring and predictable behavioral consistencies are often called:
personality traits
What is the primary reason that people with schizoid personality disorder avoid social contact?
preference to be alone
Which of the following is not one of the biological factors that are common to people with schizophrenia and people with schizotypal personality disorder?
reduced activity of serotonin
Which of the following statements is true of the relationship between obsessive - compulsive (the anxiety disorder) and obsessive- compulsive personality disorder?
researchers have not found a specific link between the two disorders.
People with _____ personality disorder persistently avoid and are removed from social relationships and demonstrate little in the way of emotion.
schizoid
People with one of the "odd" clusters of personality disorders often qualify for an additional diagnosis of:
schizophrenia
People with _____ personality disorder display a range of interpersonal problems marked by extreme discomfort in close relationships, odd patterns of thinking and perceiving, and behavioral eccentricities.
schizotypal
