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Assignment:
1. Individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder are at risk for? How does a person without a personality disorder compare to a person with a personality disorder?
a. Depression, episodes of Mania and Anxiety; he or she is extremely rigid in their behavior
b. Self-injury and Delusions (illusions); he or she is steadfast in their behaviors in a changing environment
c. Both A&B; he or she can adopt flexibly to a changing environment
d. Schizophrenic; he or she demonstrates a consistency of response other cannot manage.
2. Which of the following has not been implicated in the development of antisocial personality disorder?
a. stress
b. traumatic events associated with gangs (combat fights)
c. Sexual abuse
d. "coercive" parent-child interaction (Dysfunctional Parenting)
3. Research results have found what relationship between gender and personality disorders_________ ? Histrionic personality disorder is often comorbid with__________?
a. Histrionic personality disorder is more common in men; ADHD
b. Paranoid, Obsessive-Compulsive and Antisocial personality disorder are more common in men; Conversion Disorder
c. Borderline and Obsessive-Compulsive personalities are more common in women; Conduct Disorder
d. Dependent, Avoidant and Antisocial personality disorders are more common in women; Both A & B
4. Historically, what two personality disorders have been more frequently diagnosed in females __________?
a. Narcissistic andDependent
b. Dependent and Histrionic
c. Histrionic and Narcissistic
d. Narcissistic and Avoidant
5. Jim's biological father was an antisocial personality. Jim was adopted at four weeks of age by foster parents who showed no signs of antisocial personality. Bob is adopted, too, but his biological father was not an antisocial personality, and his foster father is. According to research, which boy has the greater chance of developing antisocial personality?
a. Bob.
b. Their chances are about equal.
c. No one has done research on this to find out.
d. Jim
6. Antisocial Personality Disorder people with high IQ.s, compared to those with lower scores,__________.
a. are less likely to encounter trouble with the law (or, perhaps, to get caught)
b. may be more able to be quite successful at jobs that require charm and ruthlessness
c. are more difficult to locate for study
d. All of the above
7. which of the following is not considered by psychodynamic theories to be at the roots of histrionic personality disorder?
a. Poor resolution of the oral stage
b. The need for approval from others
c. Repression of one's own feelings and needs
d. Deep dependency needs stemming from poor resolution of the Anal stage
8. all of the following are found in different prevalence rates between males and females except:
a. Borderline Personality disorder
d. antisocial personality disorder
c. paranoid personality disorder
d. avaoidant personality disorder
9. Which of the following is true about avoidant personality disorder_____________? Which of the following is most likely to accompany borderline personality disorder in a man_____________?
a. children who are naturally shy are at high risk for developing this disorder; substance use
b. Women are more likely than men to have this disorder; panic disorder
c. people with this disorder are at high risk for dysthymia, depression, and anxiety; conduct disorder, ADHD
d. both A & C are correct; Both A & C are correct
10. Regarding the course and development of antisocial personality disorder,
a. people who are diagnosed with this disorder often comes home with inconsistent parental discipline
b. similar behaviors in childhood and adulthood are characteristics of this disorder
c. the antisocial behavior typically declines substantially when the persona reaches middle age.
d. All of the above.