Chapter 10

Question 1

antisocial personality disorder

Answer 1

Persistently disregard and violate others’ rights, inability to follow approved models of behavior, deceitfulness, shameless manipulation of others, history of conduct problems as a child, overlap with psychopathy.

Question 2

avoidant personality disorder

Answer 2

show extreme social inhibition and introversion, limited social relationships, hypersensitivity to rejection, self-conscious and self critical, shy, do not enjoy being alone yet insecure in social interaction and initiating relationships.

Question 3

borderline personality disorder

Answer 3

difficult feelings (intense and fluctuating negative emotions), problematic behaviors (angry outbursts, acting in potentially self-damaging ways on impulse, deliberate self-harm to avoid abandonment), unstable and intense interpersonal relationships or disturbances in sense of self (unstable self-image, feelings of emptiness, dissociation).

Question 4

Cluster A

Answer 4

Paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal. Are odd and eccentric, unusual behavior ranges from distrust and suspiciousness to social detachment.

Question 5

Cluster B

Answer 5

Antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic. Can be dramatic, emotional and erratic.

Question 6

Cluster C

Answer 6

Avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive. Show anxiety and fear.

Question 7

dependent personality disorder

Answer 7

show an extreme need to take care of which leads to clinging and submissive behavior, difficulty in separating in relationships, discomfort in being alone, subordination of needs to keep others in a relationship, indecisiveness.

Question 8

dialectical behavior therapy

Question 9

five factor model of personality (OCEAN)

Answer 9

openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, neurotocism.

Question 10

histrionic personality disorder

Answer 10

excessive attention-seeking behavior and emotionality, self-dramatization, over concern with attractiveness, irritability and temper outbursts if attention seeking is not successful, high comorbidity with other cluster B disorders.

Question 11

narcissistic personality disorder

Answer 11

show exaggerated sense of self-importance, a preoccupation with receiving attention, self-promoting, lack of empathy, hypercritical and retaliatory. subtypes are grandiose and vulnerable.

Question 12

grandiose and vulnerable subtypes

Answer 12

subtypes of narcissistic PD, vulnerable is more fragile self-esteem.

Question 13

obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

Answer 13

perfectionism and an excessive concern with orderliness and control, preoccupied with details, rules, lists, devoted to work, overconscientious, take pride in personality.

Question 14

paranoid personality disorder

Answer 14

suspicious and distrustful of others, reading “hidden meanings” in remarks, on guard for perceived attacks by others, bears grudges, not usually psychotic; in touch with reality.

Question 15

psychopathy

Answer 15

formerly called sociopathic personality, prevalence unknown, overlap with ASPD, interpersonal/affective factor, and social deviance factor.

Question 16

schizoid personality disorder

Answer 16

Difficulties forming social relationships and usually lack interest to form attachments to others, unable to express feelings, generally apathetic, rarely experience strong emotions, link between autism.

Question 17

schizotypal personality disorder

Answer 17

excessively introverted and have pervasive social and interpersonal deficits, peculiar thought patterns, oddities of perception and speech that interfere with communication and social interaction, highly personalized superstitious thinking, considered a milder form of schizophrenia.

Question 18

personality disorder

Answer 18

Some people have certain traits that are so inflexible and maladaptive that they’re unable to function effectively or meet demands of their culture. Features of PD are chronic interpersonal difficulties and inability to function adequately in society.

Question 19

difficulties diagnosing personality disorders

Answer 19

Diagnostic categories are not mutually exclusive and people have dimensional personality traits yet categorical diagnoses. Clients resistance to change, relationship formation challenges.

Question 20

treatment of BPD

Answer 20

Dialectical behavioral therapy:
- use core mindfulness skills for identity confusion
- use distress tolerance for impulsivity
- use emotion regulation for emotional instability
- use interpersonal effectiveness for relationship problems
- use self-management for self-punishment

Question 21

interpersonal dimensions of psychopathy

Answer 21

glibness, superficial charm, grandiose sense of self-worth, pathological lying, manipulation of others.

Question 22

lifestyle dimensions of psychopathy

Answer 22

need for stimulation, easily bored, impulsivity, irresponsibility, lack of long-term goals.

Question 23

affective dimensions of psychopathy

Answer 23

lack of remorse or guilt, callousness and lack of empathy, shallow affect, failure to accept responsibility for behavior.

Question 24

antisocial dimensions of psychopathy

Answer 24

poor behavior control, early behavior problems, delinquency and criminality.