Exam 13: Personality Disorders

Schizoid personality disorder has most in common with:

Tyrer et al. (2007)concluded the following regarding the assessment of personality disorders:

Studies of psychopathy by Canadian researcher Robert Hare have shown that psychopaths, in comparison to non-psychopaths, have all of the following EXCEPT:

Personality disorders can be assessed using questionnaires and clinical interviews. Which method is more effective? Why?

Which of the following is characteristic of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder?

The term "borderline" in borderline personality refers to people who experience it being on the borderline between sane and insane.

Patients with schizotypal personality disorder experience the same interpersonal difficulties as patients with schizoid personality disorder, but the presence of ________________ serves to differentiate them.

MRI tests conducted in British Columbia indicate that the hypoemotionality of psychopaths reflects deficiencies in:

Therapeutic nihilism has been used to describe the view that

Robert is in prison for the fourth time in five years. He was previously diagnosed with anti-social personality disorder and has surprised the prison psychologist by signing up for therapy. What is Robert most likely hoping to gain from therapy?

Saying that a personality disorder is egosyntonic means that:

Antisocial personality disorder is virtually impossible to treat.

Linehan's diathesis-stress theory is the most widely accepted explanation of the etiology of borderline personality disorder.

The Psychopathy Checklist - Revised (PCL-R; Hare, 1991)has been criticized because it fails to assess the tendency for psychopathy to be characterized by:

Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder

Borderline personality disorder tends to be comorbid with mood disorders.

Which of the following is not an appropriate use of the PCL-R?

Stephen Porter of Dalhousie University and colleagues (2009)have revealed that psychopaths, as compared to non-psychopaths, were _____ times more likely when incarcerated to be granted conditional release even though they were more likely to re-offend.

Narcissistic personality is primarily characterized by

What diagnosis would be most appropriate for Tonya? She says she would like to meet people but is too afraid of saying something foolish to speak to them. She describes herself as the ultimate social klutz because she never knows what to say or do. As a result, she stays to herself except with a very few friends she has known since childhood.