Exam 6: Personality

To people who know her casually,Lynette is very charming.But underneath her superficial charm is a monster.She is impulsive,self-centred,and insensitive to others,and irresponsible;has little anxiety;and feels no guilt or remorse when she hurts someone else.She blames others for her problems and rarely learns from her mistakes.She sees others as tools to be used to meet her own needs.While she can appear to be the nicest person in the world,if you get in her way-watch out! Mary is most likely suffering from ________ personality disorder.

Discuss special problems in treating personality disorders.

There appears to be a link between dependent personality disorder and what psychodynamic theorists would label ________ behaviour problems.

Margaret Mahler believed that during the first year,an infant develops a symbiotic attachment to its father.

Compare and contrast the profiles of antisocial personality disorder and psychopathic personality.

The terms psychopath and sociopath once referred to individuals diagnosed with ________ personality disorder.

Research has revealed that reading books as a self-help module leads to significant improvement for people with __________ traits.

People from other cultures tend to be guarded or defensive in their behaviour.Clinicians need to be careful not mistake this behaviour for ______ personality disorder.

People with anxiety disorders tend to perceive their disturbed behaviours as ego syntonic.

Discuss the sociocultural perspective on the personality disorders.

Paranoid personality disorder is characterized by paranoid delusions.

Some people can intentionally injure others without experiencing feelings of guilt or remorse.

The DSM-5 includes new,additional classifications of personality disorders.

There are personality disorders for ________.

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

About ________ % of people diagnosed with borderline personality are women.

Rachid puts on a superficial display of social aloofness.But deep inside he harbours deep curiosities about other people,and exquisite sensitivity.He wishes for love that he cannot openly express,and often expresses his sensitivity in deep feelings and affection for animals rather than for people.He is typical of someone with ________ personality disorder.

Those with schizoid personality disorder usually ________.

Men with schizoid personality disorder are more likely to marry than are women with the disorder.

The behavioural inhibition system (BIS)__________.