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chapter 13: personality disorders Flashcards

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1
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define:

personality

A

set of uniquely expressed characteristics that influence our behaviors, emotions, thoughts, and interactions

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Odd personality disorders are closely related to what other mental disorder

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schizophrenia

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Why do people with paranoid personality disorder tend to shun close relationships?

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they believe everyone intends to harm them

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Answer:

Are the suspicions Paranoid personality disorder causes delusions

usually

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no

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True or False

People who suffer from Paranoid personality disorder usually take critisim in stride

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false

they are extremely sensitive to criticism

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what percentage of adults are affected by Paranoid personality disorder

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4.4%

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What does the psychodynamic theory suggest about the causes of paranoid personlity disorder

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demanding parents
(distant, rigid fathers and overcontrolling, rejecting mothers)

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what does the cognitive behavioral theory suggest about the cause of paranoid personality disorder?

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the person hold broad maladaptive assumsions

  • people will attack if given the chance
  • people are evil
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What does the biological theory say about the causes of paranoid personality disorder?

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the causes are gentic

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Is therapy generally helpful for those with paranoid personality disorder?

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not really they dont trust the therapist

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what do object-relation therapists try to help the patient do?

paranoid personality disorder

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look past anger and work on need for satisfying relationships

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on the behavioral side what do cognitive-behavioral therapists help the patient do

2 points

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  • master anxiety reduction techniques
  • improve skills at solving interpersonal problems
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define:

personality traits

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particular, predictable, flexible characteristics

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define:

personality disorder

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an enduring, rigid pattern of inner experience and outward behavior that leads to significant problems and psychological pain for self and others

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list:

types (clusters) of personality disorders

3 points

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  • odd or eccentric behavior
  • dramatic, emotional, erratic behavior
  • anxious or fearful behavior
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List:

personality disorders in the odd cluster

3 points

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  • paranoid
  • schizoid
  • schizotypal
17
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list:

Personality disorders in the dramatic, emotional or erratic behavior

4 points

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  • antisocial
  • borderline
  • narcissistic
  • histrionic
18
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List:

personality disorders in the anxious/ fearful cluster

3 points

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  • avoidant
  • dependent
  • obsessive- compulsive
19
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True or False:

Symptoms of personality disorders are recognizable in early adulthood

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true

20
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define:

Schizoid personality disorder

A

persistent avoidance and removal from social relationships and little demonstration of emotions

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true or false:

people who have schizoid personality disorder enjoy company of others

A

False

they prefer to be alone and keep to themselves

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True of False:

people with schizoid personality disorder have limited expression of feelings

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true

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answer:

what percentage of us adults have schizoid personality disorder

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4.9%

more common in men than women

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Answer:

Psychodynamic theory explanation for schizoid personality disorder

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roots in unsatisfied need for human contact; childhhod unacceptance or abuse

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Answer:

how do cognitive-behavioral explain schizoid personality disorder

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deficiencies in thinking; inability to detect or react to emotional cues of others

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list

treatments for schizoid personality disorder

2 points

A
  • helping clients reconnect with the world and recognize limits of thinking/powers
  • teaching clients to evaluate unusual thoughts and perceptions using specific behavior methods and antipsychotic drugs
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Answer:

what is schizotypal personality disorder characterized by?

A

a range of interpersonal problems, marked by extreme discomfort in close relationships, odd (bizarre) ways of thinking and behavioral eccentricities

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