Exam 6: Personality

________ technique,called dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT),combines behaviour therapy and supportive psychotherapy.

A therapist helps her client look for the roots of his self-defeating behaviour patterns and develop more adaptive methods of relating to others.This therapist is probably a ________ therapist.

A state of "oneness" in which a child's identity is fused with that of the mother is called ________.

A therapeutic technique that combines behaviour therapy and supportive psychotherapy for the treatment of borderline personality disorder is ________.

To receive a diagnosis of "antisocial personality disorder," a person must be at least ________ years of age.

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

Histrionic personality disorder is diagnosed more frequently in men than in women.

Antisocial adolescents tend to erroneously interpret other people's behaviour as ________.

As in the case of borderline personality disorder,researchers find that childhood abuse or neglect is a risk factor in the development of antisocial personality disorder in adulthood.

The term that refers to personality traits that are perceived as a natural part of oneself is ________.

The McCords have conducted research relating early childhood ________ and subsequent delinquency.

________ therapists have used problem-solving therapy to treat adolescents with antisocial tendencies.

Antisocial personality disorder is more common among people of lower socioeconomic status.

According to Kohut,lack of ________ may set the stage for pathological narcissism in adulthood.

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

Dependent personality is diagnosed more frequently in women than in men.

Researchers suspect that the impulsive aggressive behaviours typical of some personality disorders may be related to deficiencies in ________.

The central nervous systems of people with antisocial personality disorder appear to be underresponsive to stressful stimuli.

Dependent personality disorder has been linked to such physical problems as __________.

Melissa is a thoughtful and considerate person but has a difficult time making decisions on her own.She relies on her one best friend,someone she has known since childhood,to give her advice on virtually every decision she makes.Sometimes Melissa even asks the friend to make the decision for her.At work,she holds a position far below her potential and has refused several promotion opportunities.She is most likely suffering from ________ personality disorder.