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PSY 657 FINAL Exam Questions And
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Personality (know definition) - Answer✔the set of unique traits and behaviors that characterize
the individual.
Personality Disorder (be able to identify a trait) - Answer✔people that have traits that are
inflexible and maladaptive that they are unable to function effectively or meet the demands of
their culture.
Summary of Personality Disorders - Answer✔Summary of Personality Disorders. Page 329
Cluster A - Answer✔people seem odd or eccentric, with unusual behavior ranging from distrust
and suspiciousness to social detachment. Paranoid Personality Disorder - suspicious, blames
others
Schizoid Personality Disorder - lacks interest in forming social relationships with others
Schizotypal Personality Disorder - oddities in thinking, talking and other behaviors
Cluster B - Answer✔Paranoid Personality Disorder - suspicious, blames others
Histrionic Personality Disorder - excessive emotionality, overconcern with physical
attractiveness, self-dramatization
Narcissistic Personality Disorder - exaggerated sense of self-importance
Antisocial Personality Disorder - violate rights of others
Psychopathy/Sociopathy
Borderline Personality Disorder - impulsivity and instability
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Cluster C - Answer✔these personality disorders show anxiety and fear.
Avoidant Personality Disorder - introversion and extreme social inhibition
Dependent Personality Disorder - discomfort at possibility of separation or being alone
Obsessive-compulsive Personality Disorder- a pervasive pattern of preoccupation with
orderliness, perfectionism, and mental and interpersonal control, at the expense of flexibility
Know ALL PDs MUST be impairing - Answer✔Social, Academic & Occupational functioning
Fetishism - Answer✔sexual pleasure from inanimate objects
Transvestic Fetishism - Answer✔sexual pleasure to cross dress, if they experience impairment
or distress
Voyeurism - Answer✔recurrent, intensive sexually arousing fantasies, urges, or behaviors
involving the observation of unsuspecting people who are undressing or couples engaging in
sexual activity.
Exhibitionistic Disorder (Exhibitionism) - Answer✔showing genitals to someone in inappropriate
circumstances and without their consent.
Sadism - Answer✔the tendency to derive pleasure, especially sexual gratification, from inflicting
pain, suffering, or humiliation on others.
Masochism - Answer✔a person experiences pleasure from being dominated and made to
experience pain.
Pedophilic - Answer✔pleasure in having sexual relations with prepubertal child 13 and younger.
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PSY 657 FINAL Exam Questions And
Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
Personality (know definition) - Answer✔the set of unique traits and behaviors that characterize
the individual.
Personality Disorder (be able to identify a trait) - Answer✔people that have traits that are
inflexible and maladaptive that they are unable to function effectively or meet the demands of
their culture.
Summary of Personality Disorders - Answer✔Summary of Personality Disorders. Page 329
Cluster A - Answer✔people seem odd or eccentric, with unusual behavior ranging from distrust
and suspiciousness to social detachment. Paranoid Personality Disorder - suspicious, blames
others
Schizoid Personality Disorder - lacks interest in forming social relationships with others
Schizotypal Personality Disorder - oddities in thinking, talking and other behaviors
Cluster B - Answer✔Paranoid Personality Disorder - suspicious, blames others
Histrionic Personality Disorder - excessive emotionality, overconcern with physical
attractiveness, self-dramatization
Narcissistic Personality Disorder - exaggerated sense of self-importance
Antisocial Personality Disorder - violate rights of others
Psychopathy/Sociopathy
Borderline Personality Disorder - impulsivity and instability
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Cluster C - Answer✔these personality disorders show anxiety and fear.
Avoidant Personality Disorder - introversion and extreme social inhibition
Dependent Personality Disorder - discomfort at possibility of separation or being alone
Obsessive-compulsive Personality Disorder- a pervasive pattern of preoccupation with
orderliness, perfectionism, and mental and interpersonal control, at the expense of flexibility
Know ALL PDs MUST be impairing - Answer✔Social, Academic & Occupational functioning
Fetishism - Answer✔sexual pleasure from inanimate objects
Transvestic Fetishism - Answer✔sexual pleasure to cross dress, if they experience impairment
or distress
Voyeurism - Answer✔recurrent, intensive sexually arousing fantasies, urges, or behaviors
involving the observation of unsuspecting people who are undressing or couples engaging in
sexual activity.
Exhibitionistic Disorder (Exhibitionism) - Answer✔showing genitals to someone in inappropriate
circumstances and without their consent.
Sadism - Answer✔the tendency to derive pleasure, especially sexual gratification, from inflicting
pain, suffering, or humiliation on others.
Masochism - Answer✔a person experiences pleasure from being dominated and made to
experience pain.
Pedophilic - Answer✔pleasure in having sexual relations with prepubertal child 13 and younger.
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