Exam 12: Personality Disorders and Impulse Control Disorders

Social isolation and a lack of social interest in others characterizes ______ personality disorder.

Emotional instability is a central characteristic of ______ personality disorder.

The concept of ______ personality seems to be a caricature of the traditional stereotype of the feminine personality.

People with ______ personality disorder persistently disregard the rights and feelings of others and feel little or no remorse for their actions.

The impulsivity in people with borderline personality disorder often ______ as they age.

A therapist helps her client look at his self-defeating behavior patterns and develop more adaptive methods of relating to others. This therapist is probably a ______ therapist.

A technique for treating antisocial personality disorder in which prosocial behaviors are rewarded with chips or tokens that can be exchanged for privileges is called ______.

For an individual with antisocial personality disorder, the antisocial and criminal behavior, but not the personality traits, often disappears by the time the person reaches age ______.

Alan puts on a front of being very flirtatious and seductive, and he typically draws attention to himself by dressing in an overly "macho" manner. He hopes to someday be a male model Or an actor, but he is plagued by inner doubts and insecurities himself, despite his successful Image, and he constantly feels the need to impress others to boost his own ego and self-image. His behavior is typical of someone with ______ personality disorder.

Evidence supports the notion that people with antisocial personality disorder have ______ threshold of stimulation.

People with antisocial personality tend to remain unduly calm in the face of impending pain.

Some theorists express the concern that diagnosing anger disorders might undermine efforts to reduce intimate partner violence.

Describe the including a hybrid dimensional-categorical model (part categorical and part dimensional) currently being considered for the next revision of the DSM-5. How are the "big five" used in this model? What are some of the concerns with the use of such a model?

Which of the following is true?

______ people diagnosed with schizotypal personality disorder go on to develop schizophrenia.

Nathan suffers from dependent personality disorder. If learning theorists are correct, his problem arises from ______ when he was a child.

Freud has been criticized for failing to account for the ______.

Which of the following is a type of impulse-control disorder characterized by repeated episodes of impulsive, uncontrollable aggression in which people strike out at others or destroy property?

In comparing psychodynamic and learning theories about personality disorders, ______.

People with ______ personality disorder have difficulty controlling anger and are prone to fights or smashing things.