APSY338 EXAM 4 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Campbell has been diagnosed with a personality disorder and his clinician suggests a
transference-focused psychotherapy that uses the client-clinician relationships as the
framework for helping clients achieve greater understanding of their unconscious
feelings and motives. Using a process called core mindfulness, his clinician teaches
Campbell to balance his emotions, reasons, and intuition as he approached life
problems. It is most likely that Campbell would be diagnosed as having ______
personality disorder.
A) Borderline
B) Dependent
C) Avoidant
D) Schizoid - ANSWER A
A disturbed childhood family environment that involves abuse or neglect may contribute
to the development of _______ personality disorder.
A) Borderline
B) Obsessive-compulsive
C) Passive-aggressive
D) Antagonistic - ANSWER A
Compulsivity is the opposite pole of the ____ domain.
A) Disinhibition
B) Detachment
C) Antagonism
D) Negative affectivity - ANSWER A
Calum often boasts about how talented a teacher he is and he continually notes that the
reason he never gets promoted is because no on fully appreciates him. He resents other
teachers who have been promoted before him and claims that they are self-promoting.
He demands that other people fulfill his wishes but is insensitive when it come to other
peoples feelings. Calum would most likely be diagnosed as having ________ personality
disorder.
,A) Passive-Agressive
B) Obsessive-Compulsive
C) Narcissistic
D) Borderline - ANSWER C
The emotional disturbances seen in people with borderline personality disorder are
characterized by
A) Emotional dysregulation
B) Avoidance of interpersonal relationships
C) Goal-directed behavior
D) Antisocial behavior - ANSWER A
Dr. Laskey is currently treating a client with borderline personality disorder. She is
attempting to reframe her client's dysfunctional impulsive behaviors in order to identify
their origins. She is also helping the client find new ways to analyze problems and to
develop healthier solutions. Dr. Laskey is using a therapy known as
A) Rational-emotive therapy
B) Psychoanalysis
C) Dialectical behavior therapy
D) Person-Centered therapy - ANSWER C
Which of the following is a factor for the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R)
developed by Robert D. Hare?
A) An antisocial lifestyle
B) A lowly sense of self-worth
C) A compulsive need to steal
D) Avoidance of social interactions - ANSWER A
Which personality disorder involves peculiarities in thought, behavior, appearance, and
style of relating to others?
A) Antisocial personality disorder
B) Schizoid personality disorder
C) Schizotypal personality disorder
, D) Avoidant personality disorder - ANSWER C
Lori becomes angry and hostile when her boyfriend chooses to spend a night out with
his friends. She views him as "bad" and tries to manipulate him in order to make him
stay home. Occasionally, when this occurs he threatens to break off the relationship,
but Lori will do almost anything to keep him. She has on occasion threatened to commit
suicide. Lori's behavior pattern is a characteristic of _______ personality disorder.
A) Borderline
B) Paranoid
C) Antisocial
D) Schizoid - ANSWER A
"________" is the term used by Cleckley to refer to a psychopath's inability to react
appropriately to expressions of emotionality.
A) Semantic dementia
B) Egocentricity
C) Impulsivity
D) Splitting - ANSWER A
The term "psychopath" has been considered synonymous with ________ personality
disorder for quite some time.
A) Borderline
B) Antisocial
C) Obsessive-compulsive
D) Narcissistic - ANSWER B
Which of the following is NOT a component of emotional dysregulation?
A) An unwillingness to experience emotional distress as an aspect of pursuing goals
B) The inability to control the intensity or duration of emotions
C) The inability to engage in goal-directed behaviors when experiencing distress
D) Interpersonal instability and impaired relationships - ANSWER D
The social isolation,eccentricity, peculiar communication, and poor social adaptation
that comes with _______ personality disorder place it within the schizophrenic spectrum.
A) Antisocial
CORRECT ANSWERS
Campbell has been diagnosed with a personality disorder and his clinician suggests a
transference-focused psychotherapy that uses the client-clinician relationships as the
framework for helping clients achieve greater understanding of their unconscious
feelings and motives. Using a process called core mindfulness, his clinician teaches
Campbell to balance his emotions, reasons, and intuition as he approached life
problems. It is most likely that Campbell would be diagnosed as having ______
personality disorder.
A) Borderline
B) Dependent
C) Avoidant
D) Schizoid - ANSWER A
A disturbed childhood family environment that involves abuse or neglect may contribute
to the development of _______ personality disorder.
A) Borderline
B) Obsessive-compulsive
C) Passive-aggressive
D) Antagonistic - ANSWER A
Compulsivity is the opposite pole of the ____ domain.
A) Disinhibition
B) Detachment
C) Antagonism
D) Negative affectivity - ANSWER A
Calum often boasts about how talented a teacher he is and he continually notes that the
reason he never gets promoted is because no on fully appreciates him. He resents other
teachers who have been promoted before him and claims that they are self-promoting.
He demands that other people fulfill his wishes but is insensitive when it come to other
peoples feelings. Calum would most likely be diagnosed as having ________ personality
disorder.
,A) Passive-Agressive
B) Obsessive-Compulsive
C) Narcissistic
D) Borderline - ANSWER C
The emotional disturbances seen in people with borderline personality disorder are
characterized by
A) Emotional dysregulation
B) Avoidance of interpersonal relationships
C) Goal-directed behavior
D) Antisocial behavior - ANSWER A
Dr. Laskey is currently treating a client with borderline personality disorder. She is
attempting to reframe her client's dysfunctional impulsive behaviors in order to identify
their origins. She is also helping the client find new ways to analyze problems and to
develop healthier solutions. Dr. Laskey is using a therapy known as
A) Rational-emotive therapy
B) Psychoanalysis
C) Dialectical behavior therapy
D) Person-Centered therapy - ANSWER C
Which of the following is a factor for the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R)
developed by Robert D. Hare?
A) An antisocial lifestyle
B) A lowly sense of self-worth
C) A compulsive need to steal
D) Avoidance of social interactions - ANSWER A
Which personality disorder involves peculiarities in thought, behavior, appearance, and
style of relating to others?
A) Antisocial personality disorder
B) Schizoid personality disorder
C) Schizotypal personality disorder
, D) Avoidant personality disorder - ANSWER C
Lori becomes angry and hostile when her boyfriend chooses to spend a night out with
his friends. She views him as "bad" and tries to manipulate him in order to make him
stay home. Occasionally, when this occurs he threatens to break off the relationship,
but Lori will do almost anything to keep him. She has on occasion threatened to commit
suicide. Lori's behavior pattern is a characteristic of _______ personality disorder.
A) Borderline
B) Paranoid
C) Antisocial
D) Schizoid - ANSWER A
"________" is the term used by Cleckley to refer to a psychopath's inability to react
appropriately to expressions of emotionality.
A) Semantic dementia
B) Egocentricity
C) Impulsivity
D) Splitting - ANSWER A
The term "psychopath" has been considered synonymous with ________ personality
disorder for quite some time.
A) Borderline
B) Antisocial
C) Obsessive-compulsive
D) Narcissistic - ANSWER B
Which of the following is NOT a component of emotional dysregulation?
A) An unwillingness to experience emotional distress as an aspect of pursuing goals
B) The inability to control the intensity or duration of emotions
C) The inability to engage in goal-directed behaviors when experiencing distress
D) Interpersonal instability and impaired relationships - ANSWER D
The social isolation,eccentricity, peculiar communication, and poor social adaptation
that comes with _______ personality disorder place it within the schizophrenic spectrum.
A) Antisocial
