Exam 12: The Personality Disorders

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of a person with schizotypal personality disorder?

Studies involving functional MRI and emotion-induction tasks,done with persons who have borderline personality disorder,have found

Which of the following is NOT one of Sperry's five basic premises regarding treatment of personality disorders?

When sociologists began to take an interest in psychopathology in the early twentieth century,they saw social conditions as the critical factors and replaced the term "psychopath" with "sociopath."

Heather shows frequent fluctuations in her mood and great instability in her personal relationships.She is uncertain about who she "really is" and what she would like to do with her life.Judging from this description,which personality disorder is Heather most likely to have?

The most influential book ever published on antisocial personality disorder was The Mask Of Sanity by

Which of the following is NOT true of schizotypal personality disorder?

Many people with borderline personality disorder strongly desire intimacy with others,but once they begin to get close to their partner they become anxious and back away.This interpersonal style has been referred to as

Research suggests that psychopaths have heightened ability to discern vulnerable individuals from non-vulnerable individuals.

Which of the following is NOT true of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised?

Hare gives an estimate thatpercent of the Canadian population is psychopathic.

The DSM-5 listsspecific personality disorders which are organized into Broad clusters.

Of the personality disorders,antisocial personality disorder has been the most thoroughly explored from a biological perspective.

refers to the co-occurrence in the same person of two or more different disorders,whilerefers to the similarity of symptoms in two or more different disorders.

The essential distinguishing feature ofpersonality disorder is a pervasive pattern of disregard for,and violation of,the rights of others.

Joan is a psychologist who argues that her client has a personality disorder due largely to the fact that his schemata (i.e.,beliefs and assumptions)have become rigid and inflexible.Joan is taking a(n)approach to understanding the etiology of personality disorders.

The attempt to reduce gender biases (such as the higher frequency of diagnosis in women)by changing "hysterical personality disorder" to "histrionic personality disorder" was largely successful.

Several methods have been employed to determine whether the higher prevalence rates of personality disorders in women represents gender-biased criteria,gender-biased application of the criteria,or a true difference in prevalence.Briefly outline two such methods described in the text,and state their findings.

Studies have shown that many family members of people with schizophrenia exhibit schizotypal symptoms.

Research has shown that,on average,% of the people identified as suffering from borderline personality disorder through structured interviews are women.