Exam 19: Disorders of Personality

People with _____ personality disorder have also been referred to as sociopaths or psychopaths.

People with _____ personality disorder are extremely distrustful of others and see others as constant threats.

A pervasive feeling of inadequacy and sensitivity to criticism from others is a salient feature of _____.

Which of the following terms best illustrates the fact that although a behavior pattern successfully solves one problem for a person,it may create or maintain another equally or more severe problem?

Adolescents who experiment with different identities:

Kim has an extremely strong sense of entitlement.She believes that she is the most important supervisor in her firm and expects others to constantly praise and admire her.Kim most likely has _____ personality disorder.

Francis believes in ghosts and spends most of his time reading about ghosts and visiting haunted houses.He feels that other people are looking at him and hears murmurs that sound like his name.Francis is most likely to be diagnosed with _____ personality disorder.

Which of the following is a key characteristic of dependent persons?

Both statistical and social definitions of abnormality _____.

A statistical definition of abnormal focuses on:

Unlike a schizoid person,a schizotypal person is:

Chinn has recently shifted to Buffalo,New York from Singapore.He usually seems depressed and withdrawn.Chinn's problems are most likely due to:

According to a dimensional model of personality disorders,_____ results in avoidant personality disorder.

The lives of persons with borderline personality disorder are primarily marked by:

Maggie Scarf (1996),a reporter writing in the New Republic magazine,presented her view that Ted Kaczynski most likely had _____ personality disorder.

Using Jeffrey Gray's theory of personality to explain antisocial personality disorder,we might hypothesize that psychopaths have a:

Ron is 11 years old and enjoys torturing snakes.He disobeys his parents and usually engages in acts of stealing and destroying property.Ron most likely has _____ personality disorder.

_____ is an enduring pattern of experience and behavior that differs greatly from the expectations of an individual's culture.