Exam 12: Personality Disorders and Impulse Control Disorders

Which of the following is characteristic of behaviors associated with an impulse control disorder?

Social-cognitive theories emphasize the role of the unconscious in explaining the origins of antisocial behavior.

There is evidence that schizotypal personality and schizophrenia share a common genetic basis.

There are far more psychopathic personalities in executive positions in business than in prison.

Freud has been criticized for failing to account for the moral development of females.

Some clinicians argue that anger disorders should be included in the DSM.

Which of the following is least likely to be diagnosed with borderline personality disorder?

Marilyn Monroe and Lawrence of Arabia are two people with personality characteristics similar to those of ______ personality disorder.

Intentional fire-setting also occurs among some youths with autism spectrum disorder.

People with paranoid personality disorder are ______ to seek treatment for themselves and are more often ______.

What is the aim of a psychodynamic approach to treatment of a personality disorder? Discuss the promising results being noted in using structured forms of psychodynamic therapies in treating personality disorders.

Nicholas suffers from obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. If learning theorists are correct, his problem arises from _______ when he was a child.

Which of the following is a problem with the current system for the classification of personality disorders?

Not all criminals have antisocial personalities, nor do all people with antisocial personality disorder become criminals.

A cardinal feature of ______ personality disorder is lack of remorse.

Individuals with avoidant personality disorder seem indifferent to criticism or praise and appear to be wrapped up in abstract ideas rather than in thoughts about people.

Thomas just received a phone call letting him know he received a late charge for not paying his credit card on time. He throws his cell phone out the window and smashes the TV next to him. Friends say that Thomas does this often. Thomas most likely can be diagnosed as having which of the following?

Researchers have found that people with borderline personality disorder remember their parents as significantly more _______.

Ideas of reference and "magical thinking" characterize the thought processes of people with ______ personality disorder.

People with dependent personalities often attribute their problems to emotional rather than physical problems.