Question 1

What is the basic assumption of the fearlessness hypothesis of psychopathy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Individuals with this disorder have an underactive cortex. 
B)  Individuals with this disorder learn to avoid punishment. 
C)  Individuals with this disorder underreact to the threat of punishment. 
D)  Individuals with this disorder have brain damage that inhibits their ability to understand the implications of their actions. 
A)  Individuals with this disorder have an underactive cortex. 
B)  Individuals with this disorder learn to avoid punishment. 
C)  Individuals with this disorder underreact to the threat of punishment. 
D)  Individuals with this disorder have brain damage that inhibits their ability to understand the implications of their actions.

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT an appropriate treatment strategy for narcissistic personality disorder?

Accepted Answer

A)  coping strategies to help accept criticism 
B)  cognitive therapy to replace grandiose fantasies with more realistic goals 
C)  being helped to focus on the feelings of others 
D)  coping strategies for the stressful life events that seem to trigger insecurity in the patient 
A)  coping strategies to help accept criticism 
B)  cognitive therapy to replace grandiose fantasies with more realistic goals 
C)  being helped to focus on the feelings of others 
D)  coping strategies for the stressful life events that seem to trigger insecurity in the patient

Question 3

Why do individuals with avoidant personality disorder avoid most relationships?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are simply not interested in social interaction. 
B)  They are extremely sensitive to the opinions of others and fear rejection. 
C)  They lack normal social skills and are generally rejected by others. 
D)  They experience debilitating anxiety at the thought of embarrassing themselves in front of others. 
A)  They are simply not interested in social interaction. 
B)  They are extremely sensitive to the opinions of others and fear rejection. 
C)  They lack normal social skills and are generally rejected by others. 
D)  They experience debilitating anxiety at the thought of embarrassing themselves in front of others.

Question 4

Approximately 70 percent of individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder also have another disorder.What is the other disorder?

Accepted Answer

A)  bipolar disorder 
B)  a substance use disorder 
C)  antisocial personality disorder 
D)  an eating disorder 
A)  bipolar disorder 
B)  a substance use disorder 
C)  antisocial personality disorder 
D)  an eating disorder

Question 5

A major difference between individuals with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder and those with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)involves what motivates their behaviours.What generally motivates the behaviours of OCD patients?

Accepted Answer

A)  compulsions 
B)  modelled behaviour 
C)  anxiety 
D)  achievement-related fears 
A)  compulsions 
B)  modelled behaviour 
C)  anxiety 
D)  achievement-related fears

Question 6

Ferreira (2000)noted that the psychological profiles of two particular groups of people show the characteristics of the obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.What are these two groups?

Accepted Answer

A)  male engineering university students and serial killers 
B)  serial killers and gifted children 
C)  movie stars and serial killers 
D)  CEOs of large companies and gifted children 
A)  male engineering university students and serial killers 
B)  serial killers and gifted children 
C)  movie stars and serial killers 
D)  CEOs of large companies and gifted children

Question 7

What does the cross-cultural research on the five-factor model of personality suggest?

Accepted Answer

A)  Only two dimensions are universal. 
B)  Western-type personality structure differs from the non-Western type. 
C)  There is no such thing as a universal human personality structure. 
D)  The five dimensions are fairly universal. 
A)  Only two dimensions are universal. 
B)  Western-type personality structure differs from the non-Western type. 
C)  There is no such thing as a universal human personality structure. 
D)  The five dimensions are fairly universal.

Question 8

Individuals with avoidant personality disorder usually respond to certain feelings by avoiding relationships; those with dependent personality disorder respond to the same feelings by clinging to relationships.Which of the following best characterizes those feelings?

Accepted Answer

A)  depression 
B)  self-consciousness 
C)  anxiety 
D)  inadequacy 
A)  depression 
B)  self-consciousness 
C)  anxiety 
D)  inadequacy

Question 9

Ming has narcissistic personality disorder and Ian has psychopathy.Although they are quite different,which of the Big Five personality traits are they likely to have in common?

Accepted Answer

A)  disagreeableness 
B)  openness to experience 
C)  extroversion 
D)  irresponsibility 
A)  disagreeableness 
B)  openness to experience 
C)  extroversion 
D)  irresponsibility

Question 10

How effective is the treatment of dependent personality disorder?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is generally successful with a cognitive-behavioural approach. 
B)  It is successful when based on systematic desensitization and social-skills training. 
C)  It is well researched, though no effective treatments have been established. 
D)  It is not well researched. 
A)  It is generally successful with a cognitive-behavioural approach. 
B)  It is successful when based on systematic desensitization and social-skills training. 
C)  It is well researched, though no effective treatments have been established. 
D)  It is not well researched.

Question 11

What does the psychological treatment that has been found to be most effective in helping patients with borderline personality disorder involve?

Accepted Answer

A)  learning to cope with life stressors in a more effective manner 
B)  regressing patients to the time in their lives when they experienced trauma 
C)  removing the reinforcing attention that they have received for their disordered behaviour in the past 
D)  changing maladaptive attitudes about the patient himself or herself, and others 
A)  learning to cope with life stressors in a more effective manner 
B)  regressing patients to the time in their lives when they experienced trauma 
C)  removing the reinforcing attention that they have received for their disordered behaviour in the past 
D)  changing maladaptive attitudes about the patient himself or herself, and others

Question 12

Which of the following best describes patients diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are usually indifferent to the idea of changing their behaviour but make more progress once they become invested in the therapeutic relationship. 
B)  They are usually highly resistant to begin therapy at first but become more motivated if they have a trusting relationship with the therapist. 
C)  They are usually indifferent to the idea of changing their behaviour until they are convinced of the potential benefits to themselves. 
D)  They are usually not motivated to begin therapy and generally make little progress while in therapy. 
A)  They are usually indifferent to the idea of changing their behaviour but make more progress once they become invested in the therapeutic relationship. 
B)  They are usually highly resistant to begin therapy at first but become more motivated if they have a trusting relationship with the therapist. 
C)  They are usually indifferent to the idea of changing their behaviour until they are convinced of the potential benefits to themselves. 
D)  They are usually not motivated to begin therapy and generally make little progress while in therapy.

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

A)  underarousal 
B)  cortical immaturity 
C)  shamelessness 
D)  fearlessness 
A)  underarousal 
B)  cortical immaturity 
C)  shamelessness 
D)  fearlessness

Question 14

Recently,Janice was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.Her therapist told her that many people with this disorder respond well to a variety of medications.What medications are these?

Accepted Answer

A)  antidepressants and anti-anxiety drugs 
B)  anti-anxiety drugs 
C)  atypical antipsychotics and lithium 
D)  anti-anxiety drugs and lithium 
A)  antidepressants and anti-anxiety drugs 
B)  anti-anxiety drugs 
C)  atypical antipsychotics and lithium 
D)  anti-anxiety drugs and lithium

Question 15

What is the key characteristic of antisocial personality disorder?

Accepted Answer

A)  criminal behaviour at a very young age 
B)  impulsivity 
C)  failure to comply with social norms 
D)  selfishness 
A)  criminal behaviour at a very young age 
B)  impulsivity 
C)  failure to comply with social norms 
D)  selfishness

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT a necessary condition for the diagnosis of a personality disorder?

Accepted Answer

A)  maladaptive functioning 
B)  pervasive pattern of behaviour 
C)  subjective feelings of distress 
D)  chronic pattern 
A)  maladaptive functioning 
B)  pervasive pattern of behaviour 
C)  subjective feelings of distress 
D)  chronic pattern

Question 17

Phillipe Pinel (1801)used the term manie sans délire to describe roughly the same symptoms as a disorder in the DSM 5.What is that disorder?

Accepted Answer

A)  schizotypal personality disorder 
B)  bipolar disorder 
C)  schizophrenia 
D)  antisocial personality disorder 
A)  schizotypal personality disorder 
B)  bipolar disorder 
C)  schizophrenia 
D)  antisocial personality disorder

Question 18

Why are individuals with narcissistic personality disorder most likely to become depressed?

Accepted Answer

A)  because they seldom live up to their unrealistic expectations of themselves 
B)  because they are involved in an endless search for the ideal person who will meet their unfulfilled empathic needs 
C)  because they feel that others don't understand and appreciate them 
D)  because they become upset when their intimate relationships fail 
A)  because they seldom live up to their unrealistic expectations of themselves 
B)  because they are involved in an endless search for the ideal person who will meet their unfulfilled empathic needs 
C)  because they feel that others don't understand and appreciate them 
D)  because they become upset when their intimate relationships fail

Question 19

Theo is a loner.He walks to class by himself,does not talk to anyone,and appears indifferent to other people.It is clear that Theo neither desires nor enjoys closeness with others.He does not act in any obviously unusual ways nor does he appear to possess strange beliefs about the world.Which personality disorder does Theo most likely have?

Accepted Answer

A)  schizotypal personality disorder 
B)  schizoid personality disorder 
C)  avoidant personality disorder 
D)  antisocial personality disorder 
A)  schizotypal personality disorder 
B)  schizoid personality disorder 
C)  avoidant personality disorder 
D)  antisocial personality disorder

Question 20

Jack has little interest in social relationships and appears distant and aloof.He seldom shows emotion and seems indifferent to praise and criticism.He is usually wrapped up in abstract ideas and has little time for,or interest in,people.Which personality disorder does Jack most likely have?

Accepted Answer

A)  schizotypal personality disorder 
B)  avoidant personality disorder 
C)  schizoid personality disorder 
D)  antisocial personality disorder 
A)  schizotypal personality disorder 
B)  avoidant personality disorder 
C)  schizoid personality disorder 
D)  antisocial personality disorder

What is the basic assumption of the fearlessness hypothesis of psychopathy?

Which of the following is NOT an appropriate treatment strategy for narcissistic personality disorder?

Why do individuals with avoidant personality disorder avoid most relationships?

Approximately 70 percent of individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder also have another disorder.What is the other disorder?

A major difference between individuals with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder and those with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)involves what motivates their behaviours.What generally motivates the behaviours of OCD patients?

Ferreira (2000)noted that the psychological profiles of two particular groups of people show the characteristics of the obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.What are these two groups?

What does the cross-cultural research on the five-factor model of personality suggest?

Individuals with avoidant personality disorder usually respond to certain feelings by avoiding relationships; those with dependent personality disorder respond to the same feelings by clinging to relationships.Which of the following best characterizes those feelings?

Ming has narcissistic personality disorder and Ian has psychopathy.Although they are quite different,which of the Big Five personality traits are they likely to have in common?

How effective is the treatment of dependent personality disorder?

What does the psychological treatment that has been found to be most effective in helping patients with borderline personality disorder involve?

Which of the following best describes patients diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder?

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

Recently,Janice was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.Her therapist told her that many people with this disorder respond well to a variety of medications.What medications are these?

What is the key characteristic of antisocial personality disorder?

Which of the following is NOT a necessary condition for the diagnosis of a personality disorder?

Phillipe Pinel (1801)used the term manie sans délire to describe roughly the same symptoms as a disorder in the DSM 5.What is that disorder?

Why are individuals with narcissistic personality disorder most likely to become depressed?

Jack has little interest in social relationships and appears distant and aloof.He seldom shows emotion and seems indifferent to praise and criticism.He is usually wrapped up in abstract ideas and has little time for,or interest in,people.Which personality disorder does Jack most likely have?

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Exam 12: Personality Disorders

What is the basic assumption of the fearlessness hypothesis of psychopathy?

Which of the following is NOT an appropriate treatment strategy for narcissistic personality disorder?

Why do individuals with avoidant personality disorder avoid most relationships?

Approximately 70 percent of individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder also have another disorder.What is the other disorder?

A major difference between individuals with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder and those with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)involves what motivates their behaviours.What generally motivates the behaviours of OCD patients?

Ferreira (2000)noted that the psychological profiles of two particular groups of people show the characteristics of the obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.What are these two groups?

What does the cross-cultural research on the five-factor model of personality suggest?

Individuals with avoidant personality disorder usually respond to certain feelings by avoiding relationships; those with dependent personality disorder respond to the same feelings by clinging to relationships.Which of the following best characterizes those feelings?

Ming has narcissistic personality disorder and Ian has psychopathy.Although they are quite different,which of the Big Five personality traits are they likely to have in common?

How effective is the treatment of dependent personality disorder?

What does the psychological treatment that has been found to be most effective in helping patients with borderline personality disorder involve?

Which of the following best describes patients diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder?

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

Recently,Janice was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.Her therapist told her that many people with this disorder respond well to a variety of medications.What medications are these?

What is the key characteristic of antisocial personality disorder?

Which of the following is NOT a necessary condition for the diagnosis of a personality disorder?

Phillipe Pinel (1801)used the term manie sans délire to describe roughly the same symptoms as a disorder in the DSM 5.What is that disorder?

Why are individuals with narcissistic personality disorder most likely to become depressed?

Jack has little interest in social relationships and appears distant and aloof.He seldom shows emotion and seems indifferent to praise and criticism.He is usually wrapped up in abstract ideas and has little time for,or interest in,people.Which personality disorder does Jack most likely have?

Abnormal Behaviour in Historical Context

An Integrative Approach to Psychopathology

Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis

Research Methods

Anxiety,Trauma-Related,and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders

Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders

Mood Disorders and Suicide

Eating and Sleep-Wake Disorders

Physical Disorders and Health Psychology

Sexual Dysfunctions,Paraphilic Disorders,and Gender Dysphoria

Substance-Related,Addictive,and Impulse-Control Disorders

Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Neurocognitive Disorders

Mental Health Services: Legal and Ethical Issues

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