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At what age can a person receive a diagnosis of a personality disorder? - Answer-18 Cluster B - 'Dramatic" personality disorders include which disorders? - Answer-Include disorders that involve erratic behavior, emotions, etc Antisocial Personality Disorder Borderline Personality Disorder H...

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Abnormal Psychology (Exam #4)
Questions and Answers
At what age can a person receive a diagnosis of a personality disorder? - Answer-18

Cluster B - 'Dramatic" personality disorders include which disorders? - Answer-Include
disorders that involve erratic behavior, emotions, etc

Antisocial Personality Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder
Histronic Personality Disorder
Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Cluster C - Anxious personality disorders include which disorders? - Answer-Include
disroders that involve anxious/fearful behavior. The floowing have limited research

Avoidant Personality Disorder
Dependant Personality Disorder
Obsessiveness Compulsive Personality Disorder

Cluster A - The "Odd" personality disorders include which disorders? - Answer-Paranoid
Personality Disorder
Schizoid Personality Disorder
Schizotypial Personality Disorder

What are the defining characteristics of antisocial personality disorder? - Answer-•
(REQUIREMENT) Evidence of conduct disorder onset before 15
• Lack of remorse for what they affect on others
• Aggressiveness
• Disregard for own safety and the safety of others
• Deceitful, history of repeated lying
• Failure to conform to social norms (steal, conning, anything that could get hem
arrested
• Impulsivity (failures to plan ahead)

Is APD more common in men or women? - Answer-Men; four tiems as likely

What % of the prison population fits criteria for APD? - Answer-High in prisons; 30%

When are APD symptoms likely to decrease? - Answer-At the age of 40

What disorders are typically comorbid with APD? - Answer-alcohol dependency and
other substance related disorders

, Be familiar with the different theoretical explanations for APD (psychodynamic,
behavioral, biological) - Answer-Psychodynamic
i. Absence of parental love which leads to a lack of basic trust

Behavioral
i. Antisocial symptoms may be learned through modeling/unintentional reinforcement

Biological
i. Evidence of a genetic contribution
ii. Neurotransmitters have an affect on impulsivity and aggression
1. lack of serotonin
2. deficient functioning in the frontal lobes
3. Low anxiety/arousal levels which increases the change to take risks

What are the defining characteristics of borderline personality disorder? - Answer-A
persuasive trait of instability in relationships, self image, and emotions. Marked with
impulsivity beginning early in adult hood. Must exhibit 5 of the following.
• Frantic attempts to avoid real or imagined abandonment
• Unstable interpersonal relationships
• Identify disturbance (unstable self image)
• Impulsivity in at least 2 dangerous areas
• Unstable emotions and moods
• Reoccurring suicidal behavior
• Inappropriate and intense anger
• Stress related paranoia

Is BPD more common in men or women? - Answer-Women

How common are suicide attempts in BPD? How about completed suicides? - Answer-
They are both common in people with BPD 70% for SA, 8-10% for CS

Be familiar with the different theoretical explanations for this disorder (psychodynamic,
behavioral, biological, sociocultural) - Answer-Psychodynamic:
i. an lack of early acceptance or abuse/neglect by the parents (some support) linked to
early sexual abuse

Biological
i. People with close relative with BPD are 5 times as likely to have it

Sociocultural
i. Like to arise in countries that have rapidly changing cultures

What neurotransmitter is associated with BPD? - Answer-Low serotonin and dopamine

What is the biosocial theory? - Answer-A mixture of internal and external factors

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