Psych 460 Exam Questions with Complete
Solutions
DSM-5, like its predecessor, DSM-IV-TR, identifies 10 personality disorders utilizing a:
A)systematical approach.
B)categorical approach.
C)dimensional approach.
D)phrenological approach. - ✔✔B)categorical approach.
Which is NOT the name used for a cluster of personality disorders?
A)odd
B)dramatic
C)anxious
D)schizophrenic - ✔✔D)schizophrenic
If you believe that personality disorders are BEST understood as a matter of degree in
difference from typical personality rather than as a specific diagnosis, you agree with:
A)the dimensional approach.
B)the categorical approach.
C)the symptomatic approach.
D)the cluster approach. - ✔✔A)the dimensional approach.
The category of "odd" personality disorders includes the traits of:
A)anxiety and fearfulness.
B)being highly dramatic, emotional, or erratic.
C)inflexibility and total loss of contact with reality.
, D)extreme suspiciousness, social withdrawal, and cognitive and perceptual peculiarities. -
✔✔D)extreme suspiciousness, social withdrawal, and cognitive and perceptual peculiarities.
Which statement regarding the treatment of paranoid personality disorder is accurate?
A)Drug therapy generally works best.
B)Psychodynamic therapy involving hypnotic regression is often effective.
C)Behavioral therapy usually works well, and in relatively few sessions.
D)Most therapies are of limited effectiveness and progress slowly. - ✔✔D)Most therapies are
of limited effectiveness and progress slowly.
A person who is LEAST likely to be affected by criticism or praise from other people is one
suffering from:
A)avoidant personality disorder.
B)schizoid personality disorder.
C)paranoid personality disorder.
D)obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. - ✔✔B)schizoid personality disorder.
Digressive and vague language with loose associations accompanied by attention and
concentration problems are characteristic of:
A)schizoid personality disorder.
B)avoidant personality disorder.
C)paranoid personality disorder.
D)schizotypal personality disorder. - ✔✔D)schizotypal personality disorder.
Which category of personality disorder contains the disorders MOST commonly diagnosed?
A)"odd"
B)"dramatic"
C)"anxious"
Solutions
DSM-5, like its predecessor, DSM-IV-TR, identifies 10 personality disorders utilizing a:
A)systematical approach.
B)categorical approach.
C)dimensional approach.
D)phrenological approach. - ✔✔B)categorical approach.
Which is NOT the name used for a cluster of personality disorders?
A)odd
B)dramatic
C)anxious
D)schizophrenic - ✔✔D)schizophrenic
If you believe that personality disorders are BEST understood as a matter of degree in
difference from typical personality rather than as a specific diagnosis, you agree with:
A)the dimensional approach.
B)the categorical approach.
C)the symptomatic approach.
D)the cluster approach. - ✔✔A)the dimensional approach.
The category of "odd" personality disorders includes the traits of:
A)anxiety and fearfulness.
B)being highly dramatic, emotional, or erratic.
C)inflexibility and total loss of contact with reality.
, D)extreme suspiciousness, social withdrawal, and cognitive and perceptual peculiarities. -
✔✔D)extreme suspiciousness, social withdrawal, and cognitive and perceptual peculiarities.
Which statement regarding the treatment of paranoid personality disorder is accurate?
A)Drug therapy generally works best.
B)Psychodynamic therapy involving hypnotic regression is often effective.
C)Behavioral therapy usually works well, and in relatively few sessions.
D)Most therapies are of limited effectiveness and progress slowly. - ✔✔D)Most therapies are
of limited effectiveness and progress slowly.
A person who is LEAST likely to be affected by criticism or praise from other people is one
suffering from:
A)avoidant personality disorder.
B)schizoid personality disorder.
C)paranoid personality disorder.
D)obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. - ✔✔B)schizoid personality disorder.
Digressive and vague language with loose associations accompanied by attention and
concentration problems are characteristic of:
A)schizoid personality disorder.
B)avoidant personality disorder.
C)paranoid personality disorder.
D)schizotypal personality disorder. - ✔✔D)schizotypal personality disorder.
Which category of personality disorder contains the disorders MOST commonly diagnosed?
A)"odd"
B)"dramatic"
C)"anxious"
