Psyc8

Question 1

What is a Personality Trait?

Answer 1

An enduring, repetitive pattern of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and oneself

Question 2

What is a Personality Disorder?

Answer 2

Inflexible, maladaptive, and rigidly pervasive pattern of behavior causing subjective distress and/or impaired functioning

Person is usually NOT aware of problem

Presents by early adulthood

Question 3

What cluster type personality disorder fits this description: Odd or eccentric, inability to develop meaningful social relationships. No psychosis

Answer 3

Cluster A

Question 4

What cluster type personality disorder fits this description: Anxious, fearful

Answer 4

Cluster C

Question 5

What cluster type personality disorder fits this description: Genetic association to anxiety disorders

Answer 5

Cluster C

Question 6

What cluster type personality disorder fits this description: Dramatic, emotional, Erratic

Answer 6

Cluster B

Question 7

What cluster type personality disorder fits this description: Genetic association with Schizophrenia

Answer 7

Cluster A

Question 8

What cluster type personality disorder fits this description: Genetic association with mood disorders and substance abuse

Answer 8

Cluster B

Question 9

What are the types of Cluster A disorders?

Answer 9

Paranoid
Schizoid
Schizotypal

Question 10

What are the types of Cluster B disorders?

Answer 10

Antisocial
Borderline
Histrionic
Narcissistic

Question 11

What are the types of Cluster C disorders?

Answer 11

Avoidant
Obsessive-compulsive
Dependent

Question 12

Cluster A: Paranoid

Answer 12

Pervasive distrust and suspiciousness

Projection is major defense mechanism

Question 13

Cluster A: Schizoid

Answer 13

Voluntary social withdrawal
Limited emotional expresiong
Content with social isolation

“schizoiD = Distant”

Question 14

Cluster A: Schizotypal

Answer 14

Eccentric appearance
Odd beliefs
Magical thinking
Interpersonal awkwardness

“schizoTypal = magical Thinking”

Question 15

Cluster B: Antisocial

Answer 15

Disregard for and violation of rights of others
Criminality
Males > Females

“antiSOCial = SOCiopath”

Question 16

If a person LESS than 18 is exhibiting cluster B: antisocial what is there diagnosis?

Answer 16

Conduct disorder

Question 17

Cluster B: Borderline

Answer 17

Unstable mood & Interpersonal relationships
Impulsiveness
Self-mutilation
Boredom
Sense of Emptiness
Females > Male

Splitting is a major defense mechanism

Question 18

Cluster B: Histrionic

Answer 18

Excessive emotionality & excitability
Attention seeking
Sexually provocative
Overly concerned with appearance

Question 19

Cluster B: Narcissistic

Answer 19

Grandiosity
Sense of entitlement
Lacks empathy and requires excessive admiration
Often demands the “best” and react to criticism with rage

Question 20

Cluster C: Avoidant

Answer 20

Hypersensitive to rejection
Socially inhibited
Timid
Feelings of inadequacy
Desires relationship with others

Question 21

Cluster C: Obsessive-Compulsive

Answer 21

Preoccupation with order, perfectionism, and control

Ego-syntonic: behavior consistent with one’s own beliefs and attitudes

Question 22

Cluster C: Dependent

Answer 22

Submissive and clinging, excessive need to be taken care of, low self-confidence

Question 23

Keeping “schizo-“ straight:

Answer 23

Schizoid < Schizotypal < Schizophrenic < Schizoaffective

Question 24

Schizotypal.

Answer 24

Schizoid + odd thinking

Question 25

Schizophrenic.

Answer 25

Greater odd thinking than schizotypal

Question 26

Schizoaffective.

Answer 26

Schizophrenic psychotic symptoms + bipolar or depressive mood disorder