Ab. Psych Test #2

Question 1

Personality disorders and resistance to treatment

Answer 1

Many people with personality disorders resist or refuse treatment or disagree with the need for change

Question 2

Ego syntonic vs dystonic

Answer 2

Syntonic- Actions/behaviour that aligns with needs and goals
Dystonic- Actions/behaviours that go against a persons needs and goals unwillingly (OCD and hoarding)

Question 3

Anti-Social Personality Disorder characteristics

Answer 3

• Antisocial and irresponsible behavior and lack of remorse for misdeeds
• 1% women, 6% men
• 18+ years old
• Pattern of antisocial behavior begins in childhood or adolescence
• Cluster B

Question 4

Schizoid Pers. Disorder characteristics

Answer 4

• characterized by social isolation
• Lack interest in social relationships
• Appear distant and aloof
• Emotions appear shallow or blunted
• Inconsistencies between outer appearance and inner lives
• Cluster A

Question 5

Borderline Personality Disorder characteristics

Answer 5

• characterized by a pervasive pattern of instability in relationships, self-image, and mood.
  Frequently includes:
  Lack of control over impulses, deep sense of emptiness, impulsivity, difficulty regulating negative emotions, self-injurious behavior, recurrent suicidal behaviors, uncertainty about their personal identity, rapid alterations between idealization and outrage toward others, splitting – inability to reconcile positive and negative aspects of self and others resulting in sudden shifts between positive and negative feelings
• Cluster B

Question 6

DBT therapy

Answer 6

Dialectical behavior therapy
- Type of CBT

Question 7

Narcissistic Personality Disorder characteristics

Answer 7

• Characterized by inflated or grandiose sense of self and an extreme need for admiration.
• Expect others to notice their special qualities
• Self-absorbed
• Lack empathy for others
• Demand to be center of attention
• Inflated view of self
• Preoccupied with fantasies of success and power
• Extreme sensitivity to criticism
• Narcissistic injuries
• Cluster B

Question 8

Masters and Johnson contributions

Answer 8

• Development of sexual therapeutic techniques used today
• Performance anxiety