PSY 657 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2025/2026.
Personality (know definition) - ANS the set of unique traits and behaviors that characterize
the individual.
Personality Disorder (be able to identify a trait) - ANS 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 - ANS Summary of Personality Disorders. Page 329
Cluster A - ANS 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 - ANS Paranoid Personality Disorder - suspicious, blames others
Histrionic Personality Disorder - excessive emotionality, overconcern with physical
attractiveness, self-dramatization
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, Narcissistic Personality Disorder - exaggerated sense of self-importance
Antisocial Personality Disorder - violate rights of others
Psychopathy/Sociopathy
Borderline Personality Disorder - impulsivity and instability
Cluster C - ANS 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 - ANS Social, Academic & Occupational functioning
Fetishism - ANS sexual pleasure from inanimate objects
Transvestic Fetishism - ANS sexual pleasure to cross dress, if they experience impairment or
distress
Voyeurism - ANS 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) - ANS showing genitals to someone in inappropriate
circumstances and without their consent.
Sadism - ANS the tendency to derive pleasure, especially sexual gratification, from inflicting
pain, suffering, or humiliation on others.
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ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2025/2026.
Personality (know definition) - ANS the set of unique traits and behaviors that characterize
the individual.
Personality Disorder (be able to identify a trait) - ANS 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 - ANS Summary of Personality Disorders. Page 329
Cluster A - ANS 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 - ANS Paranoid Personality Disorder - suspicious, blames others
Histrionic Personality Disorder - excessive emotionality, overconcern with physical
attractiveness, self-dramatization
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, Narcissistic Personality Disorder - exaggerated sense of self-importance
Antisocial Personality Disorder - violate rights of others
Psychopathy/Sociopathy
Borderline Personality Disorder - impulsivity and instability
Cluster C - ANS 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 - ANS Social, Academic & Occupational functioning
Fetishism - ANS sexual pleasure from inanimate objects
Transvestic Fetishism - ANS sexual pleasure to cross dress, if they experience impairment or
distress
Voyeurism - ANS 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) - ANS showing genitals to someone in inappropriate
circumstances and without their consent.
Sadism - ANS the tendency to derive pleasure, especially sexual gratification, from inflicting
pain, suffering, or humiliation on others.
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