CMN 554-UNIT 4-PART 1
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% ACCURATE
An individual's enduring and pervasive motivations, emotions,
interpersonal styles, attitudes, and traits - ANSWER-What is personality?
- ANSWER-What is character?
An enduring pattern of behavior and inner experiences that deviates
significantly from the individual's cultural standards; is rigid; has an onset
in adolescence/early adulthood and is stable through time; leads to
unhappiness/impairment - ANSWER-What is the definition of a general
personality disorder?
the body's biases in the modulation of conditioned behavioral responses
to prescriptive physical stimuli - ANSWER-What is temperament?
*ego-syntonic = symptoms are acceptable to the ego
*they do not feel anxiety about their maladaptive behavior thus they are
often disinterested in treatment and resistant to recovery - ANSWER-What
is meant by characterizing the traits of personality disorders as ego-
syntonic?
- Features must have been present for at least 1 year
- Exception to this is antisocial personality disorder, which cannot be
diagnosed in individual under the age of 18 - ANSWER-When is a
personality disorder diagnosed in an individual under 18 years of age?
-patients place their own unwanted feelings onto someone else.
-Patients' excessive fault finding and sensitivity to criticism may appear as
prejudice, suspiciousness or hypervigilant injustice collecting - ANSWER-
Define defense mechanism: Projection
the patient's ambivalent feelings towards another person are divided into
"all good" or "all bad". - ANSWER-Define defense mechanism: Splitting
-persons turn their anger inward, against themselves, a phenomenon
called masochism, and includes, failure, procrastination, silly or
provocative behavior self-demeaning clowning, and self-destructive acts
such as cutting. - ANSWER-Define defense mechanism: Passive aggression
-Schizoid personality disorder: Early childhood or adolescence.
-Antisocial personality disorder: Late adolescence.
, -Borderline personality disorder: Before age 40 - ANSWER-What is the
usual age of onset for personality disorders?
-A quick, simultaneous movement of both eyes (ex.jumpy).
-Individuals who exhibit this are introverts, have low self esteem and tend
to withdraw, and who have schizotypal personality disorder. - ANSWER-
What is "smooth pursuit" of eye movements? What types of individuals
exhibit this?
-Diminished central serotonin plays a role in SI
-Low concentrations of 5-H1AA in the lumbar cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
were associated with suicidal behavior.
-Postmortem neurochemical studies have reported modest decreases in
serotonin itself or 5-HIAA in either the brainstem or the frontal cortex of
suicide victims.
-Low concentrations of 5-HIAA in CSF also predict future suicidal behavior -
ANSWER-How does 5-H1AA relate to suicide?
Slow wave activity - ANSWER-What are the EEG changes seen in patients
with antisocial and borderline personality disorder?
The unconscious mental processes that the ego uses to resolve conflicts
among the lodestars of the inner life: instinct (wish or need), reality,
important persons, and conscience - ANSWER-What are defense
mechanisms?
Often labeled schizoid, those who are eccentric, isolate, seek solace &
satisfaction within themselves by creating imaginary lives or friends.
Persons may seem aloof or unsociable however these patients have a fear
of intimacy - ANSWER-Define defense mechanism: Fantasy
-patients place their own unwanted feelings onto someone else.
-Patients' excessive fault finding and sensitivity to criticism may appear as
prejudice, suspiciousness or hypervigilant injustice collecting - ANSWER-
Define defense mechanism: Projection
the patient's ambivalent feelings towards another person are divided into
"all good" or "all bad". - ANSWER-Define defense mechanism: Splitting
-persons turn their anger inward, against themselves, a phenomenon
called masochism, and includes, failure, procrastination, silly or
provocative behavior self-demeaning clowning, and self-destructive acts
such as cutting. - ANSWER-Define defense mechanism: Passive aggression
Denial is a Pollyanna-like replacement of unpleasant effects with pleasant
ones to avoid emotional distress.
-Often labeled histrionic personalities and appear
emotionally shallow and dramatic.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% ACCURATE
An individual's enduring and pervasive motivations, emotions,
interpersonal styles, attitudes, and traits - ANSWER-What is personality?
- ANSWER-What is character?
An enduring pattern of behavior and inner experiences that deviates
significantly from the individual's cultural standards; is rigid; has an onset
in adolescence/early adulthood and is stable through time; leads to
unhappiness/impairment - ANSWER-What is the definition of a general
personality disorder?
the body's biases in the modulation of conditioned behavioral responses
to prescriptive physical stimuli - ANSWER-What is temperament?
*ego-syntonic = symptoms are acceptable to the ego
*they do not feel anxiety about their maladaptive behavior thus they are
often disinterested in treatment and resistant to recovery - ANSWER-What
is meant by characterizing the traits of personality disorders as ego-
syntonic?
- Features must have been present for at least 1 year
- Exception to this is antisocial personality disorder, which cannot be
diagnosed in individual under the age of 18 - ANSWER-When is a
personality disorder diagnosed in an individual under 18 years of age?
-patients place their own unwanted feelings onto someone else.
-Patients' excessive fault finding and sensitivity to criticism may appear as
prejudice, suspiciousness or hypervigilant injustice collecting - ANSWER-
Define defense mechanism: Projection
the patient's ambivalent feelings towards another person are divided into
"all good" or "all bad". - ANSWER-Define defense mechanism: Splitting
-persons turn their anger inward, against themselves, a phenomenon
called masochism, and includes, failure, procrastination, silly or
provocative behavior self-demeaning clowning, and self-destructive acts
such as cutting. - ANSWER-Define defense mechanism: Passive aggression
-Schizoid personality disorder: Early childhood or adolescence.
-Antisocial personality disorder: Late adolescence.
, -Borderline personality disorder: Before age 40 - ANSWER-What is the
usual age of onset for personality disorders?
-A quick, simultaneous movement of both eyes (ex.jumpy).
-Individuals who exhibit this are introverts, have low self esteem and tend
to withdraw, and who have schizotypal personality disorder. - ANSWER-
What is "smooth pursuit" of eye movements? What types of individuals
exhibit this?
-Diminished central serotonin plays a role in SI
-Low concentrations of 5-H1AA in the lumbar cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
were associated with suicidal behavior.
-Postmortem neurochemical studies have reported modest decreases in
serotonin itself or 5-HIAA in either the brainstem or the frontal cortex of
suicide victims.
-Low concentrations of 5-HIAA in CSF also predict future suicidal behavior -
ANSWER-How does 5-H1AA relate to suicide?
Slow wave activity - ANSWER-What are the EEG changes seen in patients
with antisocial and borderline personality disorder?
The unconscious mental processes that the ego uses to resolve conflicts
among the lodestars of the inner life: instinct (wish or need), reality,
important persons, and conscience - ANSWER-What are defense
mechanisms?
Often labeled schizoid, those who are eccentric, isolate, seek solace &
satisfaction within themselves by creating imaginary lives or friends.
Persons may seem aloof or unsociable however these patients have a fear
of intimacy - ANSWER-Define defense mechanism: Fantasy
-patients place their own unwanted feelings onto someone else.
-Patients' excessive fault finding and sensitivity to criticism may appear as
prejudice, suspiciousness or hypervigilant injustice collecting - ANSWER-
Define defense mechanism: Projection
the patient's ambivalent feelings towards another person are divided into
"all good" or "all bad". - ANSWER-Define defense mechanism: Splitting
-persons turn their anger inward, against themselves, a phenomenon
called masochism, and includes, failure, procrastination, silly or
provocative behavior self-demeaning clowning, and self-destructive acts
such as cutting. - ANSWER-Define defense mechanism: Passive aggression
Denial is a Pollyanna-like replacement of unpleasant effects with pleasant
ones to avoid emotional distress.
-Often labeled histrionic personalities and appear
emotionally shallow and dramatic.
