Chapter 13 - Personality Disorders and Impulse Control Disorders

Question 1

personality disorders

Answer 1

Excessively rigid behaviour patterns, or ways of relating to others, that ultimately become self-defeating.

Question 2

ego syntonic

Answer 2

Referring to behaviours or feelings that are perceived as natural parts of the self.

Question 3

ego dystonic

Answer 3

Referring to behaviours or feelings that are perceived to be alien to one’s self-identity.

Question 4

The Three Clusters of DSM Personality Disorders:

Cluster A

Answer 4

People who are perceived as odd or eccentric. This cluster includes paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal personality disorders.

Question 5

The Three Clusters of DSM Personality Disorders:

Cluster B

Answer 5

People whose behaviour is overly dramatic, emotional, or erratic. This grouping consists of antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and narcissitic personality disorders.

Question 6

The Three Clusters of DSM Personality Disorders:

Cluster C

Answer 6

People who often appear anxious or fearful. This cluster includes avoidant, dependent, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders.

Question 7

Cluster A:

Paranoid Personality Disorder

Answer 7

Pervasive supspicousness of the motivevs of others but without outright paranoid delusions.

Question 8

Cluster A:

Schizoid Personality Disorder

Answer 8

Social aloofness and blunted emotions. Characterized by persistent lack of interest in social relationships, flattened affect, and social withdrawal.

Question 9

Cluster A:

Schizotypal Personality Disorder

Answer 9

Persistent difficulty forming close social relationships and odd or peculiar beliefs and behaviours without clear psychotic features. Characterized by eccentricities of thought and behaviour.

Question 10

Cluster B:

Antisocial Personality Disorder

Answer 10

Chronic antisocial behaviour, callous treatment of others, irresponsible behaviour, and lack of remorse for wrongdoing.

Question 11

Cluster B:

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

Answer 11

Tumultuous moods and stormy relationships with others, unstable self-image, and lack of impulse control.

Question 12

Cluster B:

Histrionic Personality Disorder

Answer 12

Overly dramatic and emotional behaviour; demands to be the center of attention; excessive needs for reassurance, praise, and approval.

Question 13

Cluster B:

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Answer 13

Grandiose sense of self; extreme needs for admiration.

Question 14

Cluster C:

Avoidant Personality Disorder

Answer 14

Chronic pattern of avoiding social relationships due to fears of rejection.

Question 15

Cluster C:

Dependent Personality Disorder

Answer 15

Excessive dependence on others and difficulty making independent decisions.

Question 16

Cluster C:

Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

Answer 16

Excessive needs for orderliness and perfectionism, excessive attention to detail, rigid ways of relating to others.

Unlike obsessive-compulsive anxiety disorder, people with obsessive comopulsive personality disorder do not necessarily experience outright obsessions or compulsions; if they do, both diagnoses may be appropriate.

Question 17

splitting

Answer 17

An inability to reconcile the positive and negative aspects of the self and others, resulting in sudden shifts between positive and negative feelings.

Question 18

impulse control disorders

Answer 18

A category of psychological disorders characterized by failure to control imulses, temptations, or drives, resulting in harm to oneself others.

Question 19

pathological gambling

Answer 19

A type of impulse control disorder characterized by a pattern of habitual gambling and impaired control over the behaviour.

Question 20

kleptomania

Answer 20

A type of impulse disorder characterized by a pattern of compulsive stealing.