Exam 6: Personality

Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is ________ as common in men as in women.

The reliability and validity of the definitions used in the DSM-5 is well established.

Therapists often find people with borderline personality disorder difficult to treat.

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

Psychopathic individuals appear to have exaggerated cravings for stimulation.

The DSM-5 includes histrionic personality disorder.

People whose behaviours and mannerisms are particularly odd,but not severe enough to merit a diagnosis of schizophrenia,are said to be suffering from ________ personality disorder.

People who have anxiety or mood disorders tend to perceive their disturbed behaviours as ________.

Ginette is overly sensitive to criticism.She takes offence at the most trivial real or imagined slight.She does not trust others,is easily angered,and holds grudges.She has few friends and is extremely jealous and possessive of her one boyfriend,whom she is always accusing of "playing around" on her.She is most likely suffering from ________ personality disorder.

Borderline personality disorder appears to be closest in its dynamics to ________ disorders.

Borderline personality disorder is estimated to occur in about ________ % of the population.

________ takes the approach that personality disorders are clusters of traits that can be viewed as amplifications of normal personality traits.

Psychopathic personality is composed of _________ factors.

Which of the following is NOT a DSM-5 cluster B personality disorder?

Alexis is a "loner." She has little interest in social relationships and appears distant and aloof.She rarely shows any emotional expression and seems indifferent to praise and criticism.She is usually wrapped up in abstract ideas and has little time for,or interest in,people.She is most likely suffering from ________ personality disorder.

Females may be more likely than males to be diagnosed with ________ personality disorder,though some studies suggest that the actual rates of occurrence may be similar.

Instability of moods is a central characteristic of ________ personality disorder.

According to Kernberg,children who fail to synthesize contradictory images of good and bad in themselves and others are likely to have tendencies toward ________.

Jeffrey Gray has woven the theories of Pavlov and Eysenck into what is now known as resistance sensitivity theory (RST)

Which of the following is NOT a DSM-5 cluster C personality disorder?