Abnormal Psychology, Personality Disorders
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1. enduring, pervasive: The predispositions of people with personality disorders are both _______________
and _______________
2. inflexible, maladaptive: Two distinct characteristics of people with personality disorders. These charac-
teristics must be distressing and cause impairment in order to be classified as a disorder
3. 10, 3: There are ___ specific personality disorders classified into ___ clusters
4. I: Personality disorders have a high comorbidity with axis ___ disorders
5. mood, anxiety, substance abuse: The axis I disorders that personality disorders have a high
comorbidity with
6. categorical: View of disorders in which you either have the disorder or you don't
7. dimensional: View of disorders in which the disorders are placed on a continuous scale of varying severity
8. categorical: The DSM takes a (categorical/dimensional) approach
9. Allport: Person who thought that personality can be understood through traits and behavior should be consistent
across situations. Took the lexical approach
10. lexical: Approach to personality traits that defined 4500 possible traits
11. Catell: Person who took the factor analysis approach to personality
12. factor analysis: Approach to personality traits that defined 16 possible traits
13. Norman: Person who created the Five Factor model of personality. This model stands true across most cultures
and is useful to get an overview of a person
14. Norman: Person who came up with the "Big Five" personality traits
15. A: Cluster of odd and eccentric personality disorders
16. B: Cluster of dramatic, emotional, and erratic personality disorders
17. C: Cluster of fearful and anxious personality disorders
18. childhood: Personality disorders often begin in (childhood/adulthood)
19. chronic: Course of personality disorders
20. high: Personality disorders have a (high/low) comorbidity
21. clinician bias: Occurs when the clinician themselves thinks that one disorder is more "female" than "male"
22. assessment bias: Occurs when the measures of a disorder pull for a certain gender
23. criterion bias: Occurs when criteria for a disorder meets a stereotypical gender
24. paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal: Cluster A personality disorders
25. paranoid personality disorder: Personality disorder characterized by pervasive and unjustified
mistrust and suspicion. People hold few meaningful relationships and are often volatile, tense, and sensitive to criticism
26. schizophrenia: Paranoid personality disorder has a possible relation to...
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27. early experiences: May play a possible role in the development of paranoid personality disorder
28. trauma, abuse, learning: Early experiences that may play a role in many personality disorders
29. True: True/False: People with paranoid personality disorder are unlikely to seek treatment on their own
30. trust: Treatments of paranoid personality disorder focus on developing...
31. cognitive therapy: Treatment of paranoid personality disorder that targets assumptions and negative
beliefs
32. False: True/False: There are empirically supported treatments for paranoid personality disorder
33. schizoid personality disorder: Personality disorder characterized by neither enjoying nor desiring
relationships while having a limited range of emotions (they are cold and detached). People with this disorder appear
unaffected by praise and criticism (unable to express emotion).
34. False: True/False: People with schizoid personality disorder have thought disorder.
35. childhood shyness: A precursor to schizoid personality disorder
36. abuse/neglect, autism, increased dopamine: Schizoid personality disorder has a possible
relation to...(3 things)
37. depression: People with schizoid personality disorder are unlikely to seek treatment on their own, but the
associated ____________ may bring them in for treatment
38. relationships: Treatment of schizoid personality disorder often focuses on...
39. social skills therapy: Treatment of schizoid personality disorder that focuses on empathy training, role
playing, and social network building
40. True: True/False: There are no empirically-supported treatments of schizoid personality disorder
41. schizotypal personality disorder: Personality disorder characterized by psychotic-like symptoms
and odd and/or unusual behavior and/or appearance. These people are often socially isolated and highly suspicious
42. magical thinking, ideas of reference, illusions: Types of psychotic-like symptoms experi-
enced by individuals with schizotypal personality disorder
43. ideas of reference: Psychotic symptom in which individuals think that an arbitrary thing/message is
intended for them
44. illusions: Psychotic symptom in which individuals have a feeling that something is there but in reality there is
nothing
45. schizophrenia phenotype, cognitive impairment: Possible causes of schizotypal personality
disorder
46. True: True/False: People with schizotypal personality disorder do not often seek treatment on their own
47. depression: Treatment of schizotypal personality disorder often aims to treat comorbid...
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1. enduring, pervasive: The predispositions of people with personality disorders are both _______________
and _______________
2. inflexible, maladaptive: Two distinct characteristics of people with personality disorders. These charac-
teristics must be distressing and cause impairment in order to be classified as a disorder
3. 10, 3: There are ___ specific personality disorders classified into ___ clusters
4. I: Personality disorders have a high comorbidity with axis ___ disorders
5. mood, anxiety, substance abuse: The axis I disorders that personality disorders have a high
comorbidity with
6. categorical: View of disorders in which you either have the disorder or you don't
7. dimensional: View of disorders in which the disorders are placed on a continuous scale of varying severity
8. categorical: The DSM takes a (categorical/dimensional) approach
9. Allport: Person who thought that personality can be understood through traits and behavior should be consistent
across situations. Took the lexical approach
10. lexical: Approach to personality traits that defined 4500 possible traits
11. Catell: Person who took the factor analysis approach to personality
12. factor analysis: Approach to personality traits that defined 16 possible traits
13. Norman: Person who created the Five Factor model of personality. This model stands true across most cultures
and is useful to get an overview of a person
14. Norman: Person who came up with the "Big Five" personality traits
15. A: Cluster of odd and eccentric personality disorders
16. B: Cluster of dramatic, emotional, and erratic personality disorders
17. C: Cluster of fearful and anxious personality disorders
18. childhood: Personality disorders often begin in (childhood/adulthood)
19. chronic: Course of personality disorders
20. high: Personality disorders have a (high/low) comorbidity
21. clinician bias: Occurs when the clinician themselves thinks that one disorder is more "female" than "male"
22. assessment bias: Occurs when the measures of a disorder pull for a certain gender
23. criterion bias: Occurs when criteria for a disorder meets a stereotypical gender
24. paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal: Cluster A personality disorders
25. paranoid personality disorder: Personality disorder characterized by pervasive and unjustified
mistrust and suspicion. People hold few meaningful relationships and are often volatile, tense, and sensitive to criticism
26. schizophrenia: Paranoid personality disorder has a possible relation to...
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27. early experiences: May play a possible role in the development of paranoid personality disorder
28. trauma, abuse, learning: Early experiences that may play a role in many personality disorders
29. True: True/False: People with paranoid personality disorder are unlikely to seek treatment on their own
30. trust: Treatments of paranoid personality disorder focus on developing...
31. cognitive therapy: Treatment of paranoid personality disorder that targets assumptions and negative
beliefs
32. False: True/False: There are empirically supported treatments for paranoid personality disorder
33. schizoid personality disorder: Personality disorder characterized by neither enjoying nor desiring
relationships while having a limited range of emotions (they are cold and detached). People with this disorder appear
unaffected by praise and criticism (unable to express emotion).
34. False: True/False: People with schizoid personality disorder have thought disorder.
35. childhood shyness: A precursor to schizoid personality disorder
36. abuse/neglect, autism, increased dopamine: Schizoid personality disorder has a possible
relation to...(3 things)
37. depression: People with schizoid personality disorder are unlikely to seek treatment on their own, but the
associated ____________ may bring them in for treatment
38. relationships: Treatment of schizoid personality disorder often focuses on...
39. social skills therapy: Treatment of schizoid personality disorder that focuses on empathy training, role
playing, and social network building
40. True: True/False: There are no empirically-supported treatments of schizoid personality disorder
41. schizotypal personality disorder: Personality disorder characterized by psychotic-like symptoms
and odd and/or unusual behavior and/or appearance. These people are often socially isolated and highly suspicious
42. magical thinking, ideas of reference, illusions: Types of psychotic-like symptoms experi-
enced by individuals with schizotypal personality disorder
43. ideas of reference: Psychotic symptom in which individuals think that an arbitrary thing/message is
intended for them
44. illusions: Psychotic symptom in which individuals have a feeling that something is there but in reality there is
nothing
45. schizophrenia phenotype, cognitive impairment: Possible causes of schizotypal personality
disorder
46. True: True/False: People with schizotypal personality disorder do not often seek treatment on their own
47. depression: Treatment of schizotypal personality disorder often aims to treat comorbid...
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