Personality Disorders

Question 1

Cluster A

Answer 1

paranoid
schizoid
schizotypal

Question 2

Cluster B

Answer 2

antisocial
borderline
histrionic
narcissistic

Question 3

Cluster C

Answer 3

avoidant
dependent
obsessive-compulsive

Question 4

Personality Disorders have impairments in

Answer 4

cognition
affectivity
interpersonal functioning
impulse control

Question 5

Personality disorder features

Answer 5

fixed set of responses
responses used at home, work and play
used when not effective at meeting goals
egosyntonic
lifelong
generally diagnosed in adults

Question 6

Paranoid personality disorder

Answer 6

scans the environment for signs of slight

uses projection

Question 7

Schizoid personality disorder

Answer 7

loner

uses non-goal-directed fantasy

Question 8

Schizotypal personality disorder

Answer 8

unusual and loner

uses magical thinking

Question 9

Antisocial personality disorder

Answer 9

deficits in conscience

uses acting out, rationalization

Question 10

Borderline personality disorder

Answer 10

fractured identity

uses splitting, projective identification

Question 11

Histrionic personality disorder

Answer 11

lives to convince, dramatic seductive center of attention

uses repression, conversion often accompanies

Question 12

Narcissistic personality disorder

Answer 12

self-absorbed

uses denial, projection

Question 13

Avoidant personality disorder

Answer 13

sensitive to rejection but interested in interaction

Question 14

Dependent personality disorder

Answer 14

needs someone else to nurture or care for

uses denial, repression, identification

Question 15

Obsessive/compulsive personality disorder

Answer 15

lives for structure and control

uses isolation, reaction formation and undoing