Exam 12: Personality Disorders and Impulse Control Disorders

Of the following personality disorders, which one appears to run in families?

Psychodynamic theorists view kleptomania as ______.

Which of the following people is most likely to have experienced parental neglect or rejection?

A type of impulse control disorder characterized by compulsive fire setting is ______.

People with intermittent explosive disorder typically experience _____before their violent outbursts and a sense of relief afterwards.

Brain abnormalities found in people with schizotypal personality disorder are similar to those found in people with ______.

People with narcissistic personalities seek the company of those that will admire them.

Discuss the difficulties with emotional regulation exhibited by individuals with borderline personality disorder. What purpose might maladaptive behaviors serve for the person with borderline personality disorder?

Which of the following diagnoses is assigned to people whose behavior is characterized as overly dramatic, emotional, or erratic?

In the DSM listing of personality disorder clusters, people who often appear anxious or fearful in their behavior are listed under cluster ______.

More than half of people diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder are ______.

What is meant by a "narcissistic injury"? How might this contribute to the strain often present in the relationships of individuals with narcissistic personality disorder? .

Atypical antipsychotics may have benefits in controlling ______________in people with ________but the effects are modest.

A person who manifests features of an obsessive-compulsive personality disorder but who also has obsessions and compulsions would be diagnosed with ______ via the DSM-5.

The Canadian researchers, Woodworth and Porter (2002), suggest that psychopathic offenders do not necessarily act-out impulsively but instead may engage in ___________by constraining their impulses to perform such an extreme act as murder.

Discuss the emotional features of the individual with schizoid personality disorder. Integrate what is known about the inner emotional lives of individuals with this diagnosis (for example, having curiosity about other people).

People with dependent personality disorder have such difficulty making independent decisions that in some cases they allow their parents to decide who they will or will not marry.

There is a high degree of overlap among the personality disorders.

People with schizotypal personality disorder often have other co-occurring emotional disorders, such as major depression and anxiety disorders.

Which of the following is a DSM cluster C personality disorder?