Exam 13: Personality Disorders

A five-factor personality analysis by Alden and associates led them to conclude that avoidant personality disorder is the only personality disorder characterized by:

People with personality disorders are often not distressed about their behaviour.

Which of the following is one of the five-factors from the NEO-Personality Inventory-Revised?

A recent investigation (Bagby et al., 2008) concluded that two assessment tools were reliable in diagnosing 10 personality disorders. Which assessment tools were they referring to?

Recent research suggests that psychopathy in younger people is best viewed as:

Stephen Porter of Dalhousie University and colleagues (2009) have recently revealed that psychopaths, as compared to non-psychopaths, were _____ times more likely when incarcerated to be granted conditional release even though they were more likely to re-offend.

Which of the following statements is true about psychopathy?

Personality disorders and episodic disorders:

Interpersonal relationships are often poor in people with __________ personality disorder because they tend to be stubborn and demand that everything be done their way. They are often referred to as "control freaks."

Lykken's (1957) research provided support for the hypothesis that psychopaths experience _______________ than controls.

Antisocial personality disorder is virtually impossible to treat.

Research by UBC's John Livesley has shown that when people with personality disorders take a general personality disorder test their profile is:

The disorders in the anxious/fearful cluster are thought to have their roots in parent-child relationships.

Homicides committed by psychopaths tend to be___________ compared with homicides committed by non-psychopaths, which tend to be___________.

The best method of controlling for retrospective reports is to:

Describe therapy for borderline personality disorder according to either: cognitive behavioural therapy or object relations therapy.

Tom is highly suspicious and believes that others are looking to exploit him. Which of the following personality disorders is the best diagnosis for Tom?

Canadian researchers have found that many people with borderline personality disorder have had the following experiences EXCEPT:

The PSY-5 consists of personality disorder dimensions derived from responses to:

Explain the difference between individuals with antisocial personality from non-antisocials with regard to their reaction to emotional material.