CHLH 200 Exam 4 questions with
complete solutions
Personality - correct answer ✔✔A set of uniquely expressed characteristics that influence our behavior,
emotions, thoughts, and interactions
Comorbidity - correct answer ✔✔The relationship held when a person suffers from a personality
disorder and an additional disorder
Personality Disorder - correct answer ✔✔A pattern consisting of rigid and extreme personality traits that
repeatedly impair an individual's sense of self, emotional experiences, goals, capacity for empathy,
and/or capacity for intimacy
Three clusters of Personality Disorders - correct answer ✔✔1. Odd or eccentric behavior
2. Dramatic/Emotional behavior
3. High degree of anxiety/fear
First Cluster: Odd or eccentric behavior - correct answer ✔✔1. Paranoid
2. Schizoid
3. Schizotypal
personality disorders
Second Cluster: Dramatic/Emotional Behavior - correct answer ✔✔1. Antisocial
2. Borderline
3. Histrionic
4. Narcissistic
personality disorders
Third Cluster: High Degree of Anxiety/Fear - correct answer ✔✔1. Avoidant
, 2. Dependent
3. Obsessive-Compulsive
personality disorders
Categorical Approach - correct answer ✔✔The DSM's listing of 10 distinct personality disorders. This
kind of approach assumes that
- problematic personality traits are either present or absent in people
- a personality disorder is either displayed or not displayed by an individual
- a person who suffers from a personality disorder is not markedly troubled by personality traits outside
of that disorder
Categorical Approach: Issues - correct answer ✔✔- rarely separate and distinct category
- often, more than one personality disorder is diagnosed
- all symptoms are not equal
- heterogeneity
Dimensional Approach - correct answer ✔✔Each trait is seen as varying along the continuum extending
from nonproblematic to extremely problematic
- personality disorders differ more in degree than by presence or absence of specific features
- assess severity of several personality traits
Dimensional Approach: Issues - correct answer ✔✔- diagnosis is more difficult
The Big 5: An Alternative Classification Approach - correct answer ✔✔Personality is made up of 5 factors
1. Neuroticism
2. Extrovertism
3. Openness to experience
4. Agreeableness
5. Conscientiousness
complete solutions
Personality - correct answer ✔✔A set of uniquely expressed characteristics that influence our behavior,
emotions, thoughts, and interactions
Comorbidity - correct answer ✔✔The relationship held when a person suffers from a personality
disorder and an additional disorder
Personality Disorder - correct answer ✔✔A pattern consisting of rigid and extreme personality traits that
repeatedly impair an individual's sense of self, emotional experiences, goals, capacity for empathy,
and/or capacity for intimacy
Three clusters of Personality Disorders - correct answer ✔✔1. Odd or eccentric behavior
2. Dramatic/Emotional behavior
3. High degree of anxiety/fear
First Cluster: Odd or eccentric behavior - correct answer ✔✔1. Paranoid
2. Schizoid
3. Schizotypal
personality disorders
Second Cluster: Dramatic/Emotional Behavior - correct answer ✔✔1. Antisocial
2. Borderline
3. Histrionic
4. Narcissistic
personality disorders
Third Cluster: High Degree of Anxiety/Fear - correct answer ✔✔1. Avoidant
, 2. Dependent
3. Obsessive-Compulsive
personality disorders
Categorical Approach - correct answer ✔✔The DSM's listing of 10 distinct personality disorders. This
kind of approach assumes that
- problematic personality traits are either present or absent in people
- a personality disorder is either displayed or not displayed by an individual
- a person who suffers from a personality disorder is not markedly troubled by personality traits outside
of that disorder
Categorical Approach: Issues - correct answer ✔✔- rarely separate and distinct category
- often, more than one personality disorder is diagnosed
- all symptoms are not equal
- heterogeneity
Dimensional Approach - correct answer ✔✔Each trait is seen as varying along the continuum extending
from nonproblematic to extremely problematic
- personality disorders differ more in degree than by presence or absence of specific features
- assess severity of several personality traits
Dimensional Approach: Issues - correct answer ✔✔- diagnosis is more difficult
The Big 5: An Alternative Classification Approach - correct answer ✔✔Personality is made up of 5 factors
1. Neuroticism
2. Extrovertism
3. Openness to experience
4. Agreeableness
5. Conscientiousness
