MFT Practice Exam - Personality Disorders Flashcards
Question
Answer
<p>A fragile self-image that drives impulsive/ risky behavior, emotionally intense shifts in mood, suicidality/ self-harming behaviors, intense anger and/ or paranoia— resulting in unstable relationships, emptiness, and ongoing fears of abandonment. </p>
<p>a. Borderline</p>
<p>b. Dependent</p>
<p>c. Schizotypal</p>
<p>d. Histrionic</p>
<p>The correct answer is: Borderline</p>
<p>Patterns of detachment from relationships and restricted range of expressed emotions in relational settings. </p>
<p>a. Paranoid</p>
<p>b. Antisocial</p>
<p>c. Avoidant</p>
<p>d. Schizoid</p>
<p>The correct answer is: Schizoid</p>
<p>Patterns of social and interpersonal impairments/ deficits evident by discomfort and reduced capacity for close relationships, accompanied by distorted perceptions and eccentricities of behavior. </p>
<p>a. Dependent</p>
<p>b. Schizotypal</p>
<p>c. Histrionic</p>
<p>d. Obsessive-Compulsive</p>
<p>The correct answer is: Schizotypal</p>
<p>Distorted feelings of specialness and superiority over others accompanied by fantasies of power, exaggeration of achievements, arrogance, envy, and unreasonable expectations of others. Impaired relationships due to lacked empathy. </p>
<p>a. Obsessive-Compulsive</p>
<p>b. Narcissistic</p>
<p>c. Cluster C</p>
<p>d. Paranoid</p>
<p>The correct answer is: Narcissistic</p>
<p>Consistent seeking of attention through excessively provocative behavior and hyper focus on appearance. Individuals maybe easily influenced to please others, have shallow emotions, maintain strong opinions, and distort levels of closeness in relationships. </p>
<p>a. Borderline</p>
<p>b. Dependent</p>
<p>c. Schizotypal</p>
<p>d. Histrionic</p>
<p>The correct answer is: Histrionic</p>
<p>Feelings of inadequacy leading to sensitivities to criticism and avoidance of interpersonal interactions that may present criticism. Socially inhibited, shy, and fearful or disapproval. </p>
<p>a. Avoidant</p>
<p>b. Schizoid</p>
<p>c. Borderline</p>
<p>d. Dependent</p>
<p>The correct answer is: Avoidant</p>
<p>A pervasive preoccupation with orderliness and rules driving perfectionistic tendencies, desire to be in control of people and projects, rigidity, inflexible notions of morality, and tight control over spending money or discarding unfinished/ broken projects. Can result in neglect of friendships/ relationships. </p>
<p>a. Dependent</p>
<p>b. Schizotypal</p>
<p>c. Histrionic</p>
<p>d. Obsessive-Compulsive</p>
<p>The correct answer is: Obsessive-Compulsive</p>
<p>Characterized by dramatic, overly emotional or unpredictable thinking or behavior generally occurring within relationships. </p>
<p>a. Cluster A</p>
<p>b. Cluster B</p>
<p>c. Cluster C</p>
<p>d. Paranoid</p>
<p>The correct answer is: Cluster B</p>
<p>Characterized by odd, eccentric thinking or behavior. </p>
<p>a. Cluster A</p>
<p>b. Schizoid</p>
<p>c. Cluster C</p>
<p>d. Paranoid</p>
<p>The correct answer is: Cluster A</p>
<p>Pervasive distrust and suspicion of others, often interpreting their motives as malevolent. </p>
<p>a. Cluster C</p>
<p>b. Paranoid</p>
<p>c. Antisocial</p>
<p>d. Avoidant</p>
<p>The correct answer is: Paranoid</p>
<p>Excessive dependence on others influencing submissive behavior, lacked self-confidence, fears of being alone, lack of assertiveness, tolerance of poor treatment, and constant need to be in relationship. </p>
<p>a. Schizoid</p>
<p>b. Borderline</p>
<p>c. Dependent</p>
<p>d. Schizotypal</p>
<p>The correct answer is: Dependent</p>
<p>A chronic disregard and violation of the needs/ rights of others, often actualized in aggressive behavior, impulsivity, irresponsibility, and lacked/ absent remorse for their behavior. </p>
<p>a. Antisocial</p>
<p>b. Avoidant</p>
<p>c. Schizoid</p>
<p>d. Borderline</p>
<p>The correct answer is: Antisocial</p>
<p>Characterized by anxious, fearful thinking/ behavior. </p>
<p>a. Cluster B</p>
<p>b. Cluster C</p>
<p>c. Paranoid</p>
<p>d. Antisocial</p>
<p>The correct answer is: Cluster C</p>
