Personailty

Question 1

Avoidant, Dependent, and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorders are categorized in which cluster?
- A) Cluster A
- B) Cluster B
- C) Cluster C

Answer 1

Answer: C) Cluster C

Question 2

Which cluster of personality disorders is typically marked by social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation?
- A) Cluster A
- B) Cluster B
- C) Cluster C

Answer 2

Answer: C) Cluster C

Question 3

Which cluster includes personality disorders that often involve odd beliefs, magical thinking, or eccentric behaviors?
- A) Cluster A
- B) Cluster B
- C) Cluster C

Answer 3

Answer: A) Cluster A

Question 4

Disorders in which cluster are most likely to exhibit attention-seeking, impulsive behaviors, and emotional instability?
- A) Cluster A
- B) Cluster B
- C) Cluster C

Answer 4

Answer: B) Cluster B

Question 5

Which personality disorder cluster is characterized by a pervasive pattern of detachment from social relationships and restricted emotional expression?
- A) Cluster A
- B) Cluster B
- C) Cluster C

Answer 5

Answer: A) Cluster A

Question 6

What are the key characteristics of a personality disorder?
- A) Brief periods of altered perception and emotions
- B) An enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that is pervasive, inflexible, and maladaptive
- C) Temporary mood swings
- D) Stable behavior that only changes during stressful situations

Answer 6

B) An enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that is pervasive, inflexible, and maladaptive

Question 7

What are the three clusters of personality disorders?
- A) Anxious, emotional, logical
- B) Odd/eccentric, dramatic/emotional, anxious/fearful
- C) Emotional, cognitive, aggressive
- D) Introverted, extroverted, balanced

Answer 7

B) Odd/eccentric, dramatic/emotional, anxious/fearful

Question 8

Which personality disorders fall under Cluster B: Dramatic, Emotional, or Erratic behavior?
- A) Schizoid, Schizotypal, Paranoid
- B) Avoidant, Dependent, Obsessive-Compulsive
- C) Borderline, Antisocial, Histrionic, Narcissistic
- D) Avoidant, Borderline, Histrionic

Answer 8

C) Borderline, Antisocial, Histrionic, Narcissistic

Question 9

Which of the following is a hallmark feature of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)?
- A) Grandiosity and need for admiration
- B) Marked impulsivity and unstable interpersonal relationships
- C) Preference for solitude and detachment from social relationships
- D) Excessive need for orderliness and perfectionism

Answer 9

B) Marked impulsivity and unstable interpersonal relationships

Question 10

Which of the following is a common risk factor for developing Borderline Personality Disorder?
- A) Childhood trauma, such as sexual abuse or family violence
- B) Elevated dopamine levels
- C) Excessive childhood praise and adoration
- D) High levels of serotonin

Answer 10

A) Childhood trauma, such as sexual abuse or family violence

Question 11

What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) primarily used to treat?
- A) Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- B) Borderline Personality Disorder
- C) Schizoid Personality Disorder
- D) Antisocial Personality Disorder

Answer 11

B) Borderline Personality Disorder

Question 12

Which personality disorder is characterized by a pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy?
- A) Histrionic Personality Disorder
- B) Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- C) Antisocial Personality Disorder
- D) Borderline Personality Disorder

Answer 12

B) Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Question 13

What are the therapeutic goals for treating Histrionic Personality Disorder?
- A) Fulfill all the patient’s needs and encourage dependency
- B) Correct the tendency to expect others to fulfill all their needs and develop autonomy
- C) Help the patient manage their relationships by increasing their assertiveness
- D) Encourage isolation to avoid negative social interactions

Answer 13

B) Correct the tendency to expect others to fulfill all their needs and develop autonomy

Question 14

Which personality disorder involves a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others?
- A) Borderline Personality Disorder
- B) Antisocial Personality Disorder
- C) Schizoid Personality Disorder
- D) Dependent Personality Disorder

Answer 14

B) Antisocial Personality Disorder

Question 15

Which of the following is a nursing care intervention for patients with Schizoid Personality Disorder?
- A) Encourage social interactions and provide social skills training
- B) Focus on fulfilling their emotional needs
- C) Reinforce their need for independence and isolation
- D) Challenge their magical beliefs

Answer 15

A) Encourage social interactions and provide social skills training

Question 16

What characterizes Schizotypal Personality Disorder?
- A) Preference for solitude and detachment
- B) Acute discomfort with close relationships, cognitive or perceptual distortions, and eccentricities of behavior
- C) Obsessive concern with order and control
- D) Submissive and clinging behavior

Answer 16

B) Acute discomfort with close relationships, cognitive or perceptual distortions, and eccentricities of behavior

Question 17

Which disorder is marked by extreme social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation?
- A) Avoidant Personality Disorder
- B) Dependent Personality Disorder
- C) Schizoid Personality Disorder
- D) Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

Answer 17

A) Avoidant Personality Disorder

Question 18

Which personality disorder involves a pervasive need to be taken care of, leading to submissive and clinging behavior and fear of separation?
- A) Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- B) Schizoid Personality Disorder
- C) Dependent Personality Disorder
- D) Histrionic Personality Disorder

Answer 18

C) Dependent Personality Disorder

Question 19

What is the primary characteristic of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder?
- A) Preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and control
- B) Distrust and suspicion of others
- C) Extreme need for attention and admiration
- D) Impulsivity and erratic mood swings

Answer 19

A) Preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and control

Question 20

hich therapeutic technique is important for patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder?
- A) Reinforce the need for rigidity and structure
- B) Encourage flexibility and help them examine beliefs underlying dysfunctional behavior
- C) Avoid setting boundaries or limits
- D) Ignore their preoccupation with orderliness

Answer 20

B) Encourage flexibility and help them examine beliefs underlying dysfunctional behavior

Question 21

What is the definition of a personality disorder according to the document?
- A) Temporary mood instability
- B) A stable, enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates from cultural expectations
- C) Personality traits that change frequently
- D) A disorder that occurs only during stressful situations

Answer 21

B) A stable, enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates from cultural expectations

Question 22

ersonality disorders often start in which developmental stage?
- A) Childhood
- B) Adolescence or early adulthood
- C) Mid-adulthood
- D) Late adulthood

Answer 22

B) Adolescence or early adulthood

Question 23

Cluster A personality disorders are characterized by which of the following?
- A) Odd or eccentric behavior
- B) Dramatic and erratic behavior
- C) Anxious or fearful behavior
- D) Impulsive and hostile behavior

Answer 23

A) Odd or eccentric behavior

Question 24

Which of the following personality disorders is NOT classified under Cluster A?
- A) Schizoid Personality Disorder
- B) Schizotypal Personality Disorder
- C) Paranoid Personality Disorder
- D) Avoidant Personality Disorder

Answer 24

D) Avoidant Personality Disorder

Question 25

What are common traits of Schizoid Personality Disorder? - A) Excitable and dramatic - B) Detachment from social relationships and restricted emotional expression - C) Manipulative and deceitful - D) Grandiosity and need for admiration

Answer 25

B) Detachment from social relationships and restricted emotional expression

Question 26

Which nursing intervention is recommended for individuals with Schizoid Personality Disorder? - A) Focus on fulfilling their emotional needs - B) Encourage social skills training and interaction - C) Challenge their magical thinking - D) Provide strict structure and limit-setting

Answer 26

B) Encourage social skills training and interaction

Question 27

Which personality disorder is characterized by social and interpersonal deficits, cognitive or perceptual distortions, and eccentric behavior? - A) Borderline Personality Disorder - B) Schizotypal Personality Disorder - C) Histrionic Personality Disorder - D) Dependent Personality Disorder

Answer 27

B) Schizotypal Personality Disorder

Question 28

What is the hallmark feature of Paranoid Personality Disorder? - A) Perfectionism and rigidity - B) Persistent distrust and suspiciousness of others - C) Impulsivity and erratic relationships - D) Need for attention and approval

Answer 28

B) Persistent distrust and suspiciousness of others

Question 29

Which therapeutic technique is particularly important when working with patients who have Paranoid Personality Disorder? - A) Establishing a strong therapeutic relationship through trust - B) Ignoring their suspicious thoughts - C) Encouraging emotional expression - D) Using manipulative techniques to build rapport

Answer 29

A) Establishing a strong therapeutic relationship through trust

Question 30

Which cluster includes personality disorders characterized by dramatic, emotional, or erratic behaviors? - A) Cluster A - B) Cluster B - C) Cluster C - D) Cluster D

Answer 30

B) Cluster B

Question 31

What personality disorder is characterized by pervasive grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy? - A) Histrionic Personality Disorder - B) Narcissistic Personality Disorder - C) Borderline Personality Disorder - D) Antisocial Personality Disorder

Answer 31

B) Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Question 32

What therapeutic goal is important in treating individuals with Histrionic Personality Disorder? - A) Fulfill all their emotional needs - B) Help them develop autonomy and a positive self-concept - C) Encourage emotional outbursts - D) Challenge their delusional thinking

Answer 32

**Answer**: B) Help them develop autonomy and a positive self-concept

Question 33

What personality disorder is characterized by a pervasive disregard for and violation of the rights of others, often leading to criminal behavior? - A) Borderline Personality Disorder - B) Antisocial Personality Disorder - C) Schizotypal Personality Disorder - D) Avoidant Personality Disorder

Answer 33

**Answer**: B) Antisocial Personality Disorder

Question 34

Which intervention is essential for individuals with Antisocial Personality Disorder in a therapeutic setting? - A) Allowing them to manipulate others - B) Focusing on self-responsibility and implementing structure through rules - C) Reinforcing their sense of entitlement - D) Providing leniency in therapeutic boundaries

Answer 34

**Answer**: B) Focusing on self-responsibility and implementing structure through rules

Question 35

What is a hallmark feature of Borderline Personality Disorder? - A) Lack of empathy and arrogance - B) Excessive attention-seeking behavior - C) Unstable interpersonal relationships, self-image, and marked impulsivity - D) Detachment from social relationships

Answer 35

**Answer**: C) Unstable interpersonal relationships, self-image, and marked impulsivity

Question 36

Which disorder is associated with a high risk of self-harm behaviors, such as cutting or burning? - A) Schizotypal Personality Disorder - B) Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder - C) Borderline Personality Disorder - D) Dependent Personality Disorder

Answer 36

**Answer**: C) Borderline Personality Disorder

Question 37

What treatment is specifically designed for Borderline Personality Disorder and focuses on emotional regulation and building a life worth living? - A) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) - B) Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) - C) Exposure Therapy - D) Psychoanalysis

Answer 37

**Answer**: B) Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Question 38

Which personality disorder involves a pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation? - A) Schizoid Personality Disorder - B) Avoidant Personality Disorder - C) Histrionic Personality Disorder - D) Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Answer 38

**Answer**: B) Avoidant Personality Disorder

Question 39

In treating Avoidant Personality Disorder, which therapeutic strategy is important? - A) Ignore the patient’s feelings of inadequacy - B) Establish a therapeutic relationship without criticism, and encourage exploration of previous achievements - C) Allow the patient to remain isolated - D) Challenge their paranoid ideation

Answer 39

B) Establish a therapeutic relationship without criticism, and encourage exploration of previous achievements

Question 40

What is the primary characteristic of Dependent Personality Disorder? - A) Grandiosity and attention-seeking behavior - B) Pervasive need to be taken care of, leading to submissive and clinging behavior - C) Perfectionism and inflexibility - D) Lack of interest in social relationships

Answer 40

**Answer**: B) Pervasive need to be taken care of, leading to submissive and clinging behavior

Question 41

Which intervention is important in the care of a patient with Dependent Personality Disorder? - A) Encourage the patient to remain dependent on others - B) Encourage autonomous decision-making and develop adult skills - C) Set rigid boundaries and provide little emotional support - D) Reinforce their need for constant reassurance

Answer 41

**Answer**: B) Encourage autonomous decision-making and develop adult skills

Question 42

Which personality disorder is characterized by preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and control at the expense of flexibility and efficiency? - A) Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder - B) Borderline Personality Disorder - C) Schizoid Personality Disorder - D) Histrionic Personality Disorder

Answer 42

**Answer**: A) Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

Question 43

What is a key therapeutic approach when working with patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder? - A) Reinforce their need for control and orderliness - B) Help them examine their beliefs about perfectionism and encourage flexibility - C) Allow them to remain rigid in their behaviors - D) Discourage any attempts at flexibility

Answer 43

**Answer**: B) Help them examine their beliefs about perfectionism and encourage flexibility

Question 44

What is the biosocial theory of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)? - A) It suggests that BPD is purely a biological disorder. - B) It posits that emotionally vulnerable individuals interact with an invalidating environment, leading to BPD. - C) It focuses on the role of trauma alone in the development of BPD. - D) It suggests that BPD is caused by a lack of social interaction.

Answer 44

**Answer**: B) It posits that emotionally vulnerable individuals interact with an invalidating environment, leading to BPD.

Question 45

What are the core components of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) used for BPD? - A) Medication management and exercise - B) Cognitive and behavioral therapies combined with group skills training - C) Purely psychoanalytic approaches - D) Hypnosis and desensitization

Answer 45

**Answer**: B) Cognitive and behavioral therapies combined with group skills training

Question 46

Which personality disorder is associated with transient stress-related paranoid ideation or severe dissociative symptoms? - A) Histrionic Personality Disorder - B) Schizoid Personality Disorder - C) Borderline Personality Disorder - D) Antisocial Personality Disorder

Answer 46

**Answer**: C) Borderline Personality Disorder

Question 47

Which personality disorder is characterized by a pervasive pattern of emotional lability, impulsivity, and unstable interpersonal relationships? - A) Narcissistic Personality Disorder - B) Borderline Personality Disorder - C) Schizotypal Personality Disorder - D) Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorde

Answer 47

**Answer**: B) Borderline Personality Disorder

Question 48

Which personality disorder involves an insatiable need for attention and a tendency to be the "life of the party," often leading to sexually provocative behavior? - A) Narcissistic Personality Disorder - B) Histrionic Personality Disorder - C) Dependent Personality Disorder - D) Schizoid Personality Disorder

Answer 48

**Answer**: B) Histrionic Personality Disorder

Question 49

In the care of patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder, what is an important nursing intervention? - A) Reinforce the patient's rigidity and strict adherence to rules - B) Encourage flexibility and examine underlying beliefs about perfectionism - C) Ignore their perfectionist tendencies - D) Allow them to remain focused solely on work and order

Answer 49

**Answer**: B) Encourage flexibility and examine underlying beliefs about perfectionism

Question 50

What nursing intervention is particularly important for patients with Antisocial Personality Disorder? - A) Encouraging them to rely on others for help - B) Facilitating self-responsibility and implementing structured rules - C) Encouraging them to express their emotions freely - D) Ignoring any manipulative behaviors

Answer 50

**Answer**: B) Facilitating self-responsibility and implementing structured rules

Question 51

Which personality disorder often involves magical thinking and eccentric behavior, including strange mannerisms and odd speech? - A) Borderline Personality Disorder - B) Schizotypal Personality Disorder - C) Narcissistic Personality Disorder - D) Avoidant Personality Disorder

Answer 51

**Answer**: B) Schizotypal Personality Disorder

Question 52

Which cluster does Paranoid Personality Disorder belong to? - A) Cluster A - B) Cluster B - C) Cluster C - D) None of the above

Answer 52

**Answer**: A) Cluster A

Question 53

What is the defining characteristic of Paranoid Personality Disorder? - A) Distrust and suspiciousness of others, interpreting their motives as malevolent - B) Detachment from social relationships and restricted emotional expression - C) Excessive emotionality and attention-seeking behavior - D) Grandiosity and lack of empathy

Answer 53

**Answer**: A) Distrust and suspiciousness of others, interpreting their motives as malevolent

Question 54

Schizoid Personality Disorder is characterized by which of the following? - A) Social inhibition and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation - B) Grandiosity and need for admiration - C) Detachment from social relationships and restricted emotional expression - D) Persistent distrust of others

Answer 54

**Answer**: C) Detachment from social relationships and restricted emotional expression

Question 55

Which cluster includes Schizoid Personality Disorder? - A) Cluster A - B) Cluster B - C) Cluster C - D) None of the above

Answer 55

**Answer**: A) Cluster A

Question 56

Schizotypal Personality Disorder is marked by which of the following traits? - A) Excessive need for orderliness and control - B) Acute discomfort in close relationships and cognitive or perceptual distortions, such as magical thinking - C) Attention-seeking behavior and emotionality - D) Persistent avoidance of social situations

Answer 56

**Answer**: B) Acute discomfort in close relationships and cognitive or perceptual distortions, such as magical thinking

Question 57

Which cluster does Schizotypal Personality Disorder belong to? - A) Cluster A - B) Cluster B - C) Cluster C - D) None of the above

Answer 57

**Answer**: A) Cluster A

Question 58

Which personality disorder involves pervasive instability in relationships, self-image, and affect, along with marked impulsivity? - A) Borderline Personality Disorder - B) Histrionic Personality Disorder - C) Schizoid Personality Disorder - D) Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Answer 58

**Answer**: A) Borderline Personality Disorder

Question 59

Borderline Personality Disorder belongs to which cluster of personality disorders? - A) Cluster A - B) Cluster B - C) Cluster C - D) None of the above

Answer 59

**Answer**: B) Cluster B

Question 60

What is the core feature of Antisocial Personality Disorder? - A) Excessive need for attention and admiration - B) Grandiosity and entitlement - C) Disregard for and violation of the rights of others - D) Detachment from social relationships

Answer 60

**Answer**: C) Disregard for and violation of the rights of others

Question 61

Which cluster does Antisocial Personality Disorder fall under? - A) Cluster A - B) Cluster B - C) Cluster C - D) None of the above

Answer 61

**Answer**: B) Cluster B

Question 62

Histrionic Personality Disorder is best characterized by which of the following? - A) Pervasive need for control and order - B) Excessive emotionality and attention-seeking behavior - C) Detachment from social relationships - D) Grandiosity and lack of empathy

Answer 62

**Answer**: B) Excessive emotionality and attention-seeking behavior

Question 63

Question**: Which cluster includes Histrionic Personality Disorder? - A) Cluster A - B) Cluster B - C) Cluster C - D) None of the above

Answer 63

**Answer**: B) Cluster B

Question 64

Narcissistic Personality Disorder is defined by which of the following characteristics? - A) Detachment from social relationships - B) Grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy - C) Emotional lability and impulsivity - D) Excessive need for perfectionism

Answer 64

**Answer**: B) Grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy

Question 65

Question**: Narcissistic Personality Disorder belongs to which cluster? - A) Cluster A - B) Cluster B - C) Cluster C - D) None of the above

Answer 65

**Answer**: B) Cluster B

Question 66

Avoidant Personality Disorder involves which of the following traits? - A) Excessive need for admiration and grandiosity - B) Social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation - C) Detachment from social relationships - D) Obsessive need for order and control

Answer 66

**Answer**: B) Social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation

Question 67

Which cluster includes Avoidant Personality Disorder? - A) Cluster A - B) Cluster B - C) Cluster C - D) None of the above

Answer 67

**Answer**: C) Cluster C

Question 68

What is the key characteristic of Dependent Personality Disorder? - A) Pervasive need for control and orderliness - B) Excessive need to be taken care of, leading to submissive and clinging behavior - C) Grandiosity and entitlement - D) Social inhibition and avoidance of relationships

Answer 68

**Answer**: B) Excessive need to be taken care of, leading to submissive and clinging behavior

Question 69

Which cluster includes Dependent Personality Disorder? - A) Cluster A - B) Cluster B - C) Cluster C - D) None of the above

Answer 69

**Answer**: C) Cluster C

Question 70

Flashcard 65 **Question**: Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder is marked by which of the following characteristics? - A) Social inhibition and low self-esteem - B) Pervasive preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and control - C) Emotional instability and impulsivity - D) Need for constant admiration and attention

Answer 70

**Answer**: B) Pervasive preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and control

Question 71

Question**: Which cluster includes Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder? - A) Cluster A - B) Cluster B - C) Cluster C - D) None of the above

Answer 71

**Answer**: C) Cluster C

Question 72

Which personality disorder cluster is characterized by odd or eccentric behavior? - A) Cluster A - B) Cluster B - C) Cluster C

Answer 72

**Answer**: A) Cluster A

Question 73

Which cluster of personality disorders is associated with dramatic, emotional, or erratic behavior? - A) Cluster A - B) Cluster B - C) Cluster C

Answer 73

**Answer**: B) Cluster B

Question 74

Which personality disorder cluster includes disorders characterized by anxious or fearful behavior? - A) Cluster A - B) Cluster B - C) Cluster C

Answer 74

**Answer**: C) Cluster C

Question 75

Schizoid, Schizotypal, and Paranoid Personality Disorders are part of which cluster? - A) Cluster A - B) Cluster B - C) Cluster C

Answer 75

**Answer**: A) Cluster A

Question 76

Borderline, Antisocial, Histrionic, and Narcissistic Personality Disorders belong to which cluster? - A) Cluster A - B) Cluster B - C) Cluster C

Answer 76

**Answer**: B) Cluster B