PSYC 435 - Abnormal Psychology Quiz 4
Concepts Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
Case |Study: |Alan |(Narcissistic |Personality |Disorder): |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |25, |student, |
graduate |program |- |tells |professors |how |motivated |and |excited |he |is |- |rarely |bothers |to |read |
assigned |material |- |hands |in |papers |that |are |unfinished |drafts |- |mediocre |grades |- |complains |
he |is |not |treated |well |by |professors |and |is |being |singled |out |- |believes |he |is |much |more |
talented |than |his |grades |suggest |and |blames |his |professors |- |spreads |malicious |rumours |about
|them
What |is |the |definition |of |a |personality |disorder? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Inflexible |and |
maladaptive |traits |that |are |pervasive |and |stable. |Their |ways |of |perceiving, |thinking, |and |
behaving |compromise |their |ability |to |function |effectively |and |relate |to |other |people |and |the |
environment. |They |experience |chronic |interpersonal |difficulties, |problems |with |identity |or |
sense |of |self, |and |are |unable |to |function |in |an |adaptive |manner.
What |are |the |general |DSM |criteria |for |diagnosing |personality |disorders? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-The |person's |enduring |pattern |of |behavior |must |be |pervasive |and |inflexible, |as |
well |as |stable |and |of |long |duration. |It |must |also |cause |either |clinically |significant |distress |or |
impairment |in |functioning |and |be |manifested |in |at |least |two |of |the |following |areas: |cognition, |
affectivity, |interpersonal |functioning, |or |impulse |control.
What |is |the |approximate |prevalence |of |personality |disorders |in |the |general |population? |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Somewhere |between |10 |and |12 |percent |of |people |in |the |general |
population |likely |meet |criteria |for |at |least |one |personality |disorder.
What |are |three |reasons |for |the |high |frequency |of |misdiagnoses |of |personality |disorders? |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1. |Even |with |structured |interviews, |the |reliability |of |diagnosing |
personality |disorders |typically |is |less |than |ideal |because |many |of |the |symptoms |of |specific |
personality |disorders |are |not |very |precisely |defined. |A |great |deal |of |judgment |is |needed |to |
know |if |a |person's |behavior |meets |the |standard |in |each |case. |2. |Many |different |interviews |and
,|self |report |measures |can |be |used |to |assess |personality |and |personality |disorders |but |there |is |
not |always |high |agreement |between |the |diagnoses |made |with |one |instrument |versus |another.
|3. |Classifying |personality |disorders |in |a |categorical |manner |may |not |be |the |best |approach. |
Most |researchers |today |agree |that |a |dimensional |approach |for |assessing |personality |disorders |
has |many |advantages |and |would |be |preferable.
What |are |two |reasons |why |it |is |difficult |to |conduct |research |on |personality |disorders? |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-It |is |difficult |to |determine |the |causes |of |personality |disorders |because |
most |studies |to |date |are |retrospective. |2. |Most |people |with |one |personality |disorder |have |at |
least |one |more |personality |disorder |as |well. |This |complicates |research.
What |are |the |three |Cluster |A |personality |disorders? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1. |Paranoid |2. |
Schizoid |3. |Schizotypal
Paranoid |Personality |Disorder: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |Suspiciousness |and |mistrust |- |Equally
|common |in |men |and |women |- |Prevalence |1 |- |2% |- |Little |known |on |the |cause |- |Increased |risk |
for |schizophrenia
Case |Study: |Paranoid |Personality |Disorder: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |46 |yr., |male, |blue |collar |
job, |admitted |after |suicide |attempt |- |car |accident |as |a |teen |hospitalized |for |head |trauma |and |
brain |concussion |- |long |history |of |alcohol |abuse |- |described |as |hypersensitive, |touchy, |
suspicious, |mistrustful |- |concern |over |wife's |fidelity
Schizoid |Personality |Disorder: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |Little |interest |in |developing |social |
relationships |and |not |emotionally |expressive |- |Viewed |by |others |as |cold |and |aloof |- |
Prevalence |1% |- |More |common |in |men |than |women |- |Little |known |on |the |cause; |in |part |
because |such |people |have |little |interest |in |taking |part |in |research
Case |Study: |Bill |(Schizoid |Personality |Disorder) |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |33 |yr., |male, |
computer |analyst |- |withdrawn, |referred |by |physician |suspecting |depression, |virtually |no |
contact |with |other |people |- |lifelong |loner, |few |friends, |oldest |of |5 |children, |never |dated |in |
high |school/once |in |college, |drank |frequently |with |one |friend |in |college |who's |since |moved |- |
, reports |having |a |hard |time |making |friends, |not |knowing |what |to |say, |thought |of |making |his |
life |more |positive |but |not |seeming |worth |the |trouble, |happiest |alone
Schizotypal |Personality |Disorder: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |Oddities |in |their |thinking, |speech, |
or |behavior |- |They |may |have |magical |thinking |or |express |odd |beliefs |- |Genetic |and |other |
biological |factors |are |implicated |- |thought |to |be |part |of |the |schizophrenia |spectrum |- |
Prevalence |1% |- |Thought |to |be |more |common |in |males |than |females
What |are |the |four |Cluster |B |personality |disorders? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1. |Histrionic |2. |
Narcissistic |3. |Antisocial |4. |Borderline
Histrionic |Personality |Disorder: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |Excessive |attention |seeking, |high |
levels |of |extraversion, |and |theatrical |and |sometimes |seductive |behavior |- |Prevalence |slightly |
more |than |1% |- |more |common |in |women |than |men |- |Recommended |for |deletion |in |DSM-5, |
although |this |did |not |happen. |Many |question |whether |it |is |a |meaningful |diagnosis.
Case |Study: |Lulu |(Histrionic |Personality |Disorder): |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |24, |f, |housewife, |
husband |left |her |at |the |bus |station |for |her |to |return |to |her |own |family |as |he |was |tired |of |
taking |care |of |her |- |admitted |for |vagrancy, |dressed |up |very |feminine |and |special |for |the |
interview, |flirtatious |and |somewhat |childlike |seductive |gestures |with |male |psychiatrist, |talked |
very |vaguely |of |her |life |and |childhood, |complained |her |husband |abandoned |her |and |could |not
|return |to |her |family |as |her |brothers |abused |her |- |no |friends, |did |not |know |how |she |would |get
|on, |felt |other |women |didn't |like |her |though |she |assured |she |was |very |nice |and |kind |- |wife |of |
a |couple |friend |accused |her |of |being |overly |seductive |toward |her |husband |- |her |own |husband
|complained |of |her |inappropriate |behaviour |around |other |men |and |how |vain |and |needing |of |
attention |she |was
Narcissistic |Personality |Disorder: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |Exaggerated |sense |of |self-
importance, |a |need |for |admiration, |and |lack |of |empathy |for |the |feelings |of |other |people |- |Act |
in |very |entitled |ways |- |More |common |in |men |than |women |- |Prevalence |just |under |1%
Concepts Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
Case |Study: |Alan |(Narcissistic |Personality |Disorder): |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |25, |student, |
graduate |program |- |tells |professors |how |motivated |and |excited |he |is |- |rarely |bothers |to |read |
assigned |material |- |hands |in |papers |that |are |unfinished |drafts |- |mediocre |grades |- |complains |
he |is |not |treated |well |by |professors |and |is |being |singled |out |- |believes |he |is |much |more |
talented |than |his |grades |suggest |and |blames |his |professors |- |spreads |malicious |rumours |about
|them
What |is |the |definition |of |a |personality |disorder? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Inflexible |and |
maladaptive |traits |that |are |pervasive |and |stable. |Their |ways |of |perceiving, |thinking, |and |
behaving |compromise |their |ability |to |function |effectively |and |relate |to |other |people |and |the |
environment. |They |experience |chronic |interpersonal |difficulties, |problems |with |identity |or |
sense |of |self, |and |are |unable |to |function |in |an |adaptive |manner.
What |are |the |general |DSM |criteria |for |diagnosing |personality |disorders? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-The |person's |enduring |pattern |of |behavior |must |be |pervasive |and |inflexible, |as |
well |as |stable |and |of |long |duration. |It |must |also |cause |either |clinically |significant |distress |or |
impairment |in |functioning |and |be |manifested |in |at |least |two |of |the |following |areas: |cognition, |
affectivity, |interpersonal |functioning, |or |impulse |control.
What |is |the |approximate |prevalence |of |personality |disorders |in |the |general |population? |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Somewhere |between |10 |and |12 |percent |of |people |in |the |general |
population |likely |meet |criteria |for |at |least |one |personality |disorder.
What |are |three |reasons |for |the |high |frequency |of |misdiagnoses |of |personality |disorders? |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1. |Even |with |structured |interviews, |the |reliability |of |diagnosing |
personality |disorders |typically |is |less |than |ideal |because |many |of |the |symptoms |of |specific |
personality |disorders |are |not |very |precisely |defined. |A |great |deal |of |judgment |is |needed |to |
know |if |a |person's |behavior |meets |the |standard |in |each |case. |2. |Many |different |interviews |and
,|self |report |measures |can |be |used |to |assess |personality |and |personality |disorders |but |there |is |
not |always |high |agreement |between |the |diagnoses |made |with |one |instrument |versus |another.
|3. |Classifying |personality |disorders |in |a |categorical |manner |may |not |be |the |best |approach. |
Most |researchers |today |agree |that |a |dimensional |approach |for |assessing |personality |disorders |
has |many |advantages |and |would |be |preferable.
What |are |two |reasons |why |it |is |difficult |to |conduct |research |on |personality |disorders? |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-It |is |difficult |to |determine |the |causes |of |personality |disorders |because |
most |studies |to |date |are |retrospective. |2. |Most |people |with |one |personality |disorder |have |at |
least |one |more |personality |disorder |as |well. |This |complicates |research.
What |are |the |three |Cluster |A |personality |disorders? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1. |Paranoid |2. |
Schizoid |3. |Schizotypal
Paranoid |Personality |Disorder: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |Suspiciousness |and |mistrust |- |Equally
|common |in |men |and |women |- |Prevalence |1 |- |2% |- |Little |known |on |the |cause |- |Increased |risk |
for |schizophrenia
Case |Study: |Paranoid |Personality |Disorder: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |46 |yr., |male, |blue |collar |
job, |admitted |after |suicide |attempt |- |car |accident |as |a |teen |hospitalized |for |head |trauma |and |
brain |concussion |- |long |history |of |alcohol |abuse |- |described |as |hypersensitive, |touchy, |
suspicious, |mistrustful |- |concern |over |wife's |fidelity
Schizoid |Personality |Disorder: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |Little |interest |in |developing |social |
relationships |and |not |emotionally |expressive |- |Viewed |by |others |as |cold |and |aloof |- |
Prevalence |1% |- |More |common |in |men |than |women |- |Little |known |on |the |cause; |in |part |
because |such |people |have |little |interest |in |taking |part |in |research
Case |Study: |Bill |(Schizoid |Personality |Disorder) |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |33 |yr., |male, |
computer |analyst |- |withdrawn, |referred |by |physician |suspecting |depression, |virtually |no |
contact |with |other |people |- |lifelong |loner, |few |friends, |oldest |of |5 |children, |never |dated |in |
high |school/once |in |college, |drank |frequently |with |one |friend |in |college |who's |since |moved |- |
, reports |having |a |hard |time |making |friends, |not |knowing |what |to |say, |thought |of |making |his |
life |more |positive |but |not |seeming |worth |the |trouble, |happiest |alone
Schizotypal |Personality |Disorder: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |Oddities |in |their |thinking, |speech, |
or |behavior |- |They |may |have |magical |thinking |or |express |odd |beliefs |- |Genetic |and |other |
biological |factors |are |implicated |- |thought |to |be |part |of |the |schizophrenia |spectrum |- |
Prevalence |1% |- |Thought |to |be |more |common |in |males |than |females
What |are |the |four |Cluster |B |personality |disorders? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1. |Histrionic |2. |
Narcissistic |3. |Antisocial |4. |Borderline
Histrionic |Personality |Disorder: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |Excessive |attention |seeking, |high |
levels |of |extraversion, |and |theatrical |and |sometimes |seductive |behavior |- |Prevalence |slightly |
more |than |1% |- |more |common |in |women |than |men |- |Recommended |for |deletion |in |DSM-5, |
although |this |did |not |happen. |Many |question |whether |it |is |a |meaningful |diagnosis.
Case |Study: |Lulu |(Histrionic |Personality |Disorder): |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |24, |f, |housewife, |
husband |left |her |at |the |bus |station |for |her |to |return |to |her |own |family |as |he |was |tired |of |
taking |care |of |her |- |admitted |for |vagrancy, |dressed |up |very |feminine |and |special |for |the |
interview, |flirtatious |and |somewhat |childlike |seductive |gestures |with |male |psychiatrist, |talked |
very |vaguely |of |her |life |and |childhood, |complained |her |husband |abandoned |her |and |could |not
|return |to |her |family |as |her |brothers |abused |her |- |no |friends, |did |not |know |how |she |would |get
|on, |felt |other |women |didn't |like |her |though |she |assured |she |was |very |nice |and |kind |- |wife |of |
a |couple |friend |accused |her |of |being |overly |seductive |toward |her |husband |- |her |own |husband
|complained |of |her |inappropriate |behaviour |around |other |men |and |how |vain |and |needing |of |
attention |she |was
Narcissistic |Personality |Disorder: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |Exaggerated |sense |of |self-
importance, |a |need |for |admiration, |and |lack |of |empathy |for |the |feelings |of |other |people |- |Act |
in |very |entitled |ways |- |More |common |in |men |than |women |- |Prevalence |just |under |1%
