Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A)  12 
B)  15 
C)  18 
D)  21

Question 2

Kohut believed that ______ lay beneath the inflated veneers of narcissistic personalities.

Accepted Answer

A)  a self-image that had never been seriously challenged 
B)  an overpowering ego combined with a weak superego 
C)  a self-image riddled with feelings of inadequacy 
D)  an overpowering id combined with a weak superego

Question 3

Should the DSM include a diagnostic category for anger disorder? Why or why not? Include Jerry Deffenbacher's position in your argument.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Should the DSM include a diagnostic category...

Question 4

The phrase "a place for everything, and everything in its place" best characterizes people with ______ personality disorder.

Accepted Answer

A)  dependent 
B)  borderline 
C)  histrionic 
D)  obsessive-compulsive

Question 5

Researchers believe that ______ personality disorder often emerges within a strongly moralistic and rigid family environment, which does not permit even minor deviations from
Expected roles or behaviors.

Accepted Answer

A)  avoidant 
B)  antisocial 
C)  borderline 
D)  obsessive-compulsive

Question 6

Akhtar theorizes that although people with schizoid personality disorder are aloof and show little appetite for sex, they may be attracted to ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  gambling 
B)  visiting prostitutes 
C)  pornography 
D)  stalking celebrities

Question 7

Typically, people with IED attempt to justify their behavior, but they also feel genuine remorse or regret because of the harm their behavior causes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Adam suffers from antisocial personality disorder. If social-learning theorists are correct, his problem arises from _______ when he was a child.

Accepted Answer

A)  a complete lack of discipline and punishment 
B)  excessive parental control and discipline 
C)  lack of reward or encouragement for exploratory behavior 
D)  lack of consistency and predictability in his learning experiences

Question 9

Reginald suffers from borderline personality disorder. His therapist tells him that his problem stems from a failure of separation-individuation while he was growing up. His therapist's
Conceptualization of the problem is most like that of ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  Kohut 
B)  Kernberg 
C)  Mahler 
D)  Millon

Question 10

Which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Personality disorders are convenient labels for identifying common patterns of ineffective and ultimately self-defeating behavior. 
B)  The labels used to identify personality disorders have been useful in helping to explain their causes. 
C)  Clinicians do not appear to have a gender bias in diagnosing some personality disorders now that there is a dimensional component to diagnoses. 
D)  Many of the traits used to describe personality disorders cannot be consistently observed.

Question 11

People with borderline personalities shift back and forth between viewing people as all good
or all bad, rather than as partly good and partly bad.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following is true of people suffering from dependent personality disorder?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dependent personality disorder is diagnosed more frequently in men than in women. 
B)  Dependent personality disorder is linked to what psychodynamic theorists call "anal" behavior problems. 
C)  Dependent personality disorder is linked to physiological problems such as asthma and migraine headache. 
D)  Dependent personalities often attribute their problems to physical, rather than emotional, causes and seek advice from medical experts.

Question 13

The concept of separation-individuation was developed by ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  Kohut 
B)  Kernberg 
C)  Mahler 
D)  Millon

Question 14

The personality disorder that has been most extensively studied by scholars and researchers is ______ personality disorder.

Accepted Answer

A)  narcissistic 
B)  paranoid 
C)  antisocial 
D)  borderline

Question 15

Explain the problem of confusing diagnostic labels with explanation. How might this blurring fall into the trap of circular reasoning?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Explain the problem of confusing diagnostic labels...

Question 16

Brain imaging links borderline personality disorder and antisocial personality to dysfunctions in the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  prefrontal cortex 
B)  temporal lobe 
C)  occipital lobe 
D)  parietal lobe

Question 17

People who are so terrified of criticism or rejection that they are generally unwilling to enter relationships are suffering from ______ personality disorder.

Accepted Answer

A)  schizoid 
B)  paranoid 
C)  antisocial 
D)  avoidant

Exam 12: Personality Disorders and Impulse Control Disorders