Personality Disorders

Practice Questions

AP Psychology › Personality Disorders

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What is a common occurrence amongst those diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder?

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A client is presented for psychological evaluation with the following symptoms:
-Need for social isolation
-Anxiety in social situations
-Odd behavior and thinking
-Unconventional beliefs
-Odd reactions to conversations
-Misinterpreting situations or believing situations to have a strange meaning

Which of the following diagnoses might be appropriate for this individual?

3

Which DSM-IV axis includes all personality disorders?

4

Which of the following is characteristic of histrionic personality disorder?

5

According to the DSM-V, which of the following statements is true regarding personality disorders?

6

Which of the following psychiatric disorders is more common among women than men?

7

When John returned from the war in Iraq, he began to experience intense symptoms of anxiety without improvement over time. Which of the following is John most likely exhibiting?

8

Which of the following is not considered a personality disorder?

9

The term insanity is __________.

10

Which of the following would least likely be true of a person with Antisocial Personality Disorder.

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