Exam 13: Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

What is the key characteristic of antisocial personality disorder?

Research by Ferguson and Rodway (1994) indicates that a certain therapy can be effective in treating one important aspect of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.What is the therapy and what aspect of the disorder is it for?

The psychological profiles of two particular groups of people commonly show the characteristics of the obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.What are these two groups?

One unusual finding discussed in your textbook is that a personality disorder may have played a role in the behaviour of several serial killers.Which personality disorder is it?

Widiger and colleagues have argued for decades that a dimensional model is more advantageous than a categorical model.Which of the following was NOT one of their listed advantages?

Dr.Dawson is studying possible causes of borderline personality disorder.What is she NOT interested in researching?

Sam goes through life as a loner and is not motivated to interact with others, but he has relatively normal behaviour and beliefs.Which personality disorder is Sam most likely to be diagnosed with?

To people who know her casually, Liz is charming.But underneath her superficial charm is an impulsive, self-centred, insensitive, irresponsible person who has little anxiety and feels no guilt or remorse when she hurts someone else.She blames others for her problems.While she can appear to be the nicest person in the world, if you get in her way-watch out! Which personality disorder does Liz most likely have?

What is the most likely cause of schizotypal personality disorder?

What does the presence of low-frequency theta waves in the brains of psychopaths lead to?

According to research, what role does genetics play in the cause of antisocial personality disorder?

Steven loves to brag.While he is not overly dramatic or flirtatious, he enjoys being the centre of attention.He is self-absorbed and lacks empathy for others.He is successful in his career and very proud of his accomplishments.Steven just wishes others would appreciate how wonderful he thinks he is.He is preoccupied with fantasies of future success and power.Which personality disorder does Steven most likely have?

Sean has a personality disorder.When his family is asked about it, what are they likely to say?

Alice wants to be involved with people.She loves people and has strong needs for affection and acceptance.But her fears of rejection and public embarrassment prevent her from reaching out to those around her.Instead, she sticks to her routine and refuses to take any risks or try anything new.Which personality disorder is Alice most likely suffering from?

Marielle has histrionic personality disorder.Her family has asked Marielle's psychiatrist whether there is any treatment that can help reduce her problematic behaviours.What is the psychiatrist most likely to say?

Ted has paranoid personality disorder, and Jake has schizoid personality disorder.What trait do the two men most likely share?

Martin believes he can read people's minds and foretell the future.He often feels as if deceased relatives are in the room with him.He talks to himself frequently and often speaks to others in a meandering, vague, although not incoherent manner.He is often unkempt, he believes people are talking about him, and he tends to be socially aloof.Which personality disorder does Martin most likely have?

Josie has extremely unstable behaviour and emotion; she is impulsive, depressed, and often injures herself.What personality disorder does Josie most likely have?