PSYCHOPATHOLOGY EXAM 4
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
personality disorder - Correct Answers -persistent pattern of emotions, cognitions, and
behavior that results in emotional distress for the person affected and/or others
how many personality disorders are there - Correct Answers -10
Countertransference - Correct Answers -emotions of therapist brought out by client
how do therapists tend to feel about those diagnosed with PD - Correct Answers -
negative
what is important to successful treatment in PD - Correct Answers -therapist shows
positive emotions to them
why is PD controversial - Correct Answers -# of unresolved issues
what are PDs really - Correct Answers -extreme versions of normal, everyday problems
degree - Correct Answers -personality trait that is common but experienced at an
extreme level
PD traits are more - Correct Answers -ingrained and inflexible
kind - Correct Answers -consider the personality disorder to be its own complete
disorder and not a trait that everyone has that is just abnormal
why may PDs may not even be a disorder - Correct Answers -bc it is just a point at
which society sees it is not normal
benefits of dimensional system - Correct Answers -(1) would retain more information
about each individual
(2) more flexible because it would permit both categorical and dimensional differences
among individuals
(3) avoids the often arbitrary decisions involved in assigning a person to a diagnostic
category
,five-factor model (Big Five) - Correct Answers -describes five basic trait dimensions:
extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, openness to experience
are five dimensions universal - Correct Answers -yes
clusters of personality disorders - Correct Answers -Cluster A, Cluster B, Cluster C
Cluster A - Correct Answers -odd, eccentric
Cluster B - Correct Answers -dramatic, emotional, erratic
Cluster C - Correct Answers -avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive
% worldwide have at least 1 PD - Correct Answers -6
More women diagnosed with - Correct Answers -borderline PD
More men identified with - Correct Answers -antisocial PD
A PD can replace what - Correct Answers -another PD
Equal # of males and females have - Correct Answers -histrionic and borderline PD
Criterion gender bias - Correct Answers -criteria for disorder be biased
Assessment gender bias - Correct Answers -assessment measurers and the way
they're used may be biased
Person with borderline PD likely to receive diagnoses of - Correct Answers -any other
PD
Sadistic personality disorder - Correct Answers -people who receive pleasure by
inflicting pain on others
Passive-aggressive PD - Correct Answers -people who are defiant/refuse to cooperate
with requests, attempting to undermine authority figures
Paranoid PD - Correct Answers -excessively mistrustful and suspicious of others
without justification; assume others are out to get them
with paranoid PD, events that have nothing to do with the person is still seen as a -
Correct Answers -personal attack
are people with Paranoid PD able to maintain close relationships? - Correct Answers -
no
, Suspicion/mistrust shown thru being - Correct Answers -Argumentative
Complain
Quiet
paranoid PD people are sensitive to - Correct Answers -criticisim
people with paranoid PD have poor overall - Correct Answers -quality of life
Paranoid PD is more common with people with what disorder - Correct Answers -among
relatives of people who have schizophrenia
psychological causes of PD - Correct Answers -early mistreatment, traumatic childhood
experiance
Schemas - Correct Answers -the thoughts of people with paranoid PD
schizoid PD - Correct Answers -Pattern of detachment from social 'ships and limited
range of emotions in interpersonal situations
Schizoid - Correct Answers -describe people who have a tendency to turn inward from
outside world
Ideas of reference - Correct Answers -mistaken beliefs that meaningless events relate
just to them
ppl w schizoid PD
constricted affect - Correct Answers -showing neither + or - emotion
people with Schizoid PD consider themselves - Correct Answers -observers rather than
participants in the world around them
what makes Schizoid PD different than other cluster A disorders - Correct Answers -
Don't have unusual thot processes that characterize other disorders
childhood shyness is a precursor to - Correct Answers -later adult schizoid PD
continuum - Correct Answers -on the same spectrum
Psychotic-like symptoms - Correct Answers -believing everything relates to them
personally, social deficits, cognitive impairments, paranoia
sig. overlap of Schizoid PD and what/ why? - Correct Answers -Autism spectrum
disorder, biological dysfunction in both combined with early learning/'ship problems
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
personality disorder - Correct Answers -persistent pattern of emotions, cognitions, and
behavior that results in emotional distress for the person affected and/or others
how many personality disorders are there - Correct Answers -10
Countertransference - Correct Answers -emotions of therapist brought out by client
how do therapists tend to feel about those diagnosed with PD - Correct Answers -
negative
what is important to successful treatment in PD - Correct Answers -therapist shows
positive emotions to them
why is PD controversial - Correct Answers -# of unresolved issues
what are PDs really - Correct Answers -extreme versions of normal, everyday problems
degree - Correct Answers -personality trait that is common but experienced at an
extreme level
PD traits are more - Correct Answers -ingrained and inflexible
kind - Correct Answers -consider the personality disorder to be its own complete
disorder and not a trait that everyone has that is just abnormal
why may PDs may not even be a disorder - Correct Answers -bc it is just a point at
which society sees it is not normal
benefits of dimensional system - Correct Answers -(1) would retain more information
about each individual
(2) more flexible because it would permit both categorical and dimensional differences
among individuals
(3) avoids the often arbitrary decisions involved in assigning a person to a diagnostic
category
,five-factor model (Big Five) - Correct Answers -describes five basic trait dimensions:
extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, openness to experience
are five dimensions universal - Correct Answers -yes
clusters of personality disorders - Correct Answers -Cluster A, Cluster B, Cluster C
Cluster A - Correct Answers -odd, eccentric
Cluster B - Correct Answers -dramatic, emotional, erratic
Cluster C - Correct Answers -avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive
% worldwide have at least 1 PD - Correct Answers -6
More women diagnosed with - Correct Answers -borderline PD
More men identified with - Correct Answers -antisocial PD
A PD can replace what - Correct Answers -another PD
Equal # of males and females have - Correct Answers -histrionic and borderline PD
Criterion gender bias - Correct Answers -criteria for disorder be biased
Assessment gender bias - Correct Answers -assessment measurers and the way
they're used may be biased
Person with borderline PD likely to receive diagnoses of - Correct Answers -any other
PD
Sadistic personality disorder - Correct Answers -people who receive pleasure by
inflicting pain on others
Passive-aggressive PD - Correct Answers -people who are defiant/refuse to cooperate
with requests, attempting to undermine authority figures
Paranoid PD - Correct Answers -excessively mistrustful and suspicious of others
without justification; assume others are out to get them
with paranoid PD, events that have nothing to do with the person is still seen as a -
Correct Answers -personal attack
are people with Paranoid PD able to maintain close relationships? - Correct Answers -
no
, Suspicion/mistrust shown thru being - Correct Answers -Argumentative
Complain
Quiet
paranoid PD people are sensitive to - Correct Answers -criticisim
people with paranoid PD have poor overall - Correct Answers -quality of life
Paranoid PD is more common with people with what disorder - Correct Answers -among
relatives of people who have schizophrenia
psychological causes of PD - Correct Answers -early mistreatment, traumatic childhood
experiance
Schemas - Correct Answers -the thoughts of people with paranoid PD
schizoid PD - Correct Answers -Pattern of detachment from social 'ships and limited
range of emotions in interpersonal situations
Schizoid - Correct Answers -describe people who have a tendency to turn inward from
outside world
Ideas of reference - Correct Answers -mistaken beliefs that meaningless events relate
just to them
ppl w schizoid PD
constricted affect - Correct Answers -showing neither + or - emotion
people with Schizoid PD consider themselves - Correct Answers -observers rather than
participants in the world around them
what makes Schizoid PD different than other cluster A disorders - Correct Answers -
Don't have unusual thot processes that characterize other disorders
childhood shyness is a precursor to - Correct Answers -later adult schizoid PD
continuum - Correct Answers -on the same spectrum
Psychotic-like symptoms - Correct Answers -believing everything relates to them
personally, social deficits, cognitive impairments, paranoia
sig. overlap of Schizoid PD and what/ why? - Correct Answers -Autism spectrum
disorder, biological dysfunction in both combined with early learning/'ship problems
