Chapter 8

Question 1

Cluster ___ disorders involve symptoms that are considered odd or eccentric.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Someone who is distrustful, suspicious, easily offended, angry, stubborn, sarcastic and holds grudges might be displaying signs of ________ personality disorder

Answer 2

Paranoid

Question 3

_______ Personality disorder is characterized by pervasive detachment from social relationships. These individuals are cold and aloof, indifferent to praise or criticism, and are seen as loners who are oblivious to social cues or customs.

Answer 3

Schizoid

Question 4

Someone who experiences anxiousness or discomfort in social situations, distorted perception and eccentric behaviors or ideas of reference and feels as though they do not fit in could be diagnosed with _______ personality disorder.

Answer 4

Schizotypal

Question 5

This group of personality disorders involves dramatic, emotional or erratic symptoms and behaviors.

Answer 5

Cluster B

Question 6

Impulsive, aggressive and novelty-seeking behaviors are characteristic of what cluster of personality disorders?

Answer 6

B

Question 7

Cluster A Personality Disorders are treated with ________ medications.

Answer 7

Anti-psychotic

Question 8

What Personality clusters are treated with SSRI medications?

Answer 8

Clusters B & C

Question 9

Avoidant or fearful personality disorders are part of cluster __

Answer 9

C

Question 10

Which personality disorders are listed in Cluster A?

Answer 10

Paranoid, Schizoid and Schizotypal

Question 11

Which personality disorders are listed in Cluster B?

Answer 11

Antisocial personality, Borderline, Histrionic and Narcissistic personality disorders.

Question 12

Which personality disorders are listed in Cluster C?

Answer 12

Avoidant, Dependent and Obsessive-Compulsive personalities.

Question 13

This personality disorder is characterized by social inhibition, hypersensitivity to negative evaluations or criticism and feelings of inadequacy. They turn down occupational opportunities and new social relationships because of the fear of future criticism.

Answer 13

Avoidant Personality Disorder

Question 14

Schizotypal and Avoidant personalities both experience anxiousness in social situations and have limited close relationships. What makes these disorders different from one another?

Answer 14

Schizotypal requires distorted perceptions and cognition and eccentric behavior. Avoidant personalities do not have these distorted perceptions.

Question 15

This personality type is characterized by ideas of reference, dressing or speaking in unusual ways and can be highly superstitious.

Answer 15

Schizotypal

Question 16

Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic and Narcissistic personality disorders appear in which cluster of personality disorders?

Answer 16

Cluster B

Question 17

Someone with this personality disorder is often described as deceitful, aggressive, manipulative, irresponsible, impulsive and reckless.

Answer 17

Antisocial Personality

Question 18

Lack of conscience, impulsiveness, inability to learn from ones mistakes, lack of emotional ties to others, stimulus seeking and ability to make a good impression are six characteristics associated with __________ personality disorder.

Answer 18

Antisocial

Question 19

Unstable emotions and relationships are characteristic of this personality disorder.

Answer 19

Borderline Personality

Question 20

Someone with ______ personality hates being alone, experiences chronic feelings of emptiness and their work or life plans/goals are ever-changing.

Answer 20

Borderline Personality

Question 21

This personality disorder affects 2%-6% of the population. 75% of the people with this disorder are female and family members are five times more likely to show the same disorder than the general population.

Answer 21

Borderline Personality

Question 22

Those with Histrionic Personality disorder may often assume the _______ role.

Answer 22

Victim or princess role

Question 23

People with this personality type may appear shallow or superficial with exaggerated emotions. They are often manipulative, dramatic or seductive and are quite dependent on others.

Answer 23

Histrionic

Question 24

This personality type is self-centered and seeks admiration from others.

Answer 24

Narcissistic

Question 25

Someone with ______ personality disorder can be described as arrogant, conceited, elitist or grandiose. They exaggerate their own self-importance and commonly feel entitled to special treatment. They lack empathy and may easily exploit others.

Answer 25

Narcissistic

Question 26

Those with Narcissistic personality disorder and those with Antisocial personality disorder both display a lack of empathy and little regard for others. With this in mind, what is the key difference between the two disorders?

Answer 26

Antisocial personalities do not care what other people think. Narcissistic personalities, while inflating self importance, actually have very low self esteem and are easily hurt by criticism.

Question 27

______ Personality disorder experiences social inhibition, hypersensitivity to negative evaluations and often feels inadequate.

Answer 27

Avoidant

Question 28

What diagnoses are often comorbid with avoidant personality disorder?

Answer 28

Depression, Anxiety/Social phobia and Schizoid personality disorder.

Question 29

This personality disorder is connected with the schizophrenic spectrum, and is listed in Category C of the personality disorders.

Answer 29

Avoidant Personality

Question 30

This personality disorder is more common in females and is characterized by an excessive need to be taken care of by others.

Answer 30

Dependent Personality Disorder

Question 31

This personality disorder is often comorbid with Borderline personality, and with mood and anxiety disorders and they may be more willing to accept verbal, physical or sexual abuse.

Answer 31

Dependent Personality Disorder

Question 32

Which disorder is characterized by a preoccupation with control, orderliness and perfectionism?

Answer 32

Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

Question 33

What is the key difference between someone with Obsessive Compulsive Personality and someone with Obsessive compulsive disorder?

Answer 33

The person with obsessive-compulsive personality is not bothered by their symptoms.

Question 34

What is bibliotherapy and when is it used?

Answer 34

Bibliotherapy is used in the treatment of obsessive compulsive personality. The therapist uses selected written materials that may have particular life significance as an adjunct to psychotherapy.

Question 35

What is a Phrenologist?

Answer 35

Someone who attempts to describe personality by feeling the bumps on a persons skull.

Question 36

What is factor analysis?

Answer 36

A mathematical technique used to analyze a matrix of correlations to reduce dimensions and identify factors that may simplify relationships in responses in personality tests.

Question 37

Someone who studies the measurement, assessment and testing of psychological attributes.

Answer 37

Psychometrician

Question 38

Eysenck Personality Inventory assesses these three factors:

Answer 38

Neuroticism (tendency to experience negative emotion), extroversion (outgoingness) and psychoticism (anger/aggression).

Question 39

This person used factor analysis to construct a 16 factor model of personality.

Answer 39

Cattell

Question 40

This model is endorsed by most psychometricians to assess personality and was created by McCrae & Costa.

Answer 40

Big Five

Question 41

The Big Five model of personality assesses what five main factors?

Answer 41

Openness to experience, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness and neuroticism.

Question 42

This personality factor is associated with a tendency to be organized, self-disciplined, and responsible.

Answer 42

Conscientiousness

Question 43

Relaxation training, bibiotherapy and cognitive challenging are treatments of choice for which personality type?

Answer 43

Obsessive-Compulsive