Lesson 16 (abnormal psychology)

Question 1

A person experiencing paranoid personality disorder frequently says things like “you’ve got to get them before they get you,” and “people have been sinners since the Garden of Eden.” If these sayings reflect maladaptive assumptions the person has about people in general, the theorist who would be least surprised would have which theoretical position?

Answer 1

cognitive

Question 2

A young boy to constantly told by his parents to “be a man!” whenever he is in conflict with his friends. In turn, his parents themselves often act aggressively toward each other, and toward him. The theorist who would be best able to explain an adult diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder for this boy would be

Answer 2

behavioral

Question 3

Based on a structured interview, Diagnostician A classifies an individual’s personality disorder in the “odd” cluster. Based on another structured interview of the same type, Diagnostician B classifies an individual’s personality disorder in the “dramatic” cluster. If what is described here is typical of what happens when that variety of structured interview is used, one would say the structured interview has

Answer 3

low reliability and validity

Question 4

One especially good reason to use a form of group therapy in the treatment of dependent personality disorder is that

Answer 4

group members can model appropriate behaviors and expression of feelings to one another

Question 5

A belief that the news anchor on CNN is giving one important messages about one’s behavior reflects

Answer 5

ideas of reference

Question 6

Which category of personality disorder contains the disorders MOST commonly diagnosed

Answer 6

dramatic

Question 7

The most common impulse-control disorder

Answer 7

pathological gambling

Question 8

The term comorbidity means that

Answer 8

two disorders may occur together in an individual

Question 9

Among Hispanic Americans, the rates for borderline personality disorder for women and men are about the same. Compared to many other cultural groups in the United States, this finding is

Answer 9

very unusual; in most cultural groups, about three times as many women as men receive the diagnosis

Question 10

A patient receiving dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) for borderline personality disorder experiences an emotion that he or she realizes is inappropriate. Immediately after, the patient acts in a very different, appropriate way. This DBT procedure is called

Answer 10

opposite action