Question 1

 

“I am the greatest!” a famous boxer declared loudly and often. Had he in fact acted throughout his adult life as though he were the greatest, the most appropriate personality disorder diagnosis would be:

Answer   A. histrionic.

B. antisocial.

C. narcissistic.

D. impulse-control.

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Question 2

 

“That’s it!” says your friend, the psychotherapist. “I can’t work with that client. As soon as I show any empathy at all, it becomes almost impossible to challenge the client, and the client keeps calling me at all hours of the day.” Most likely, this is a client with:

Answer   A. antisocial personality disorder.

B. obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.

C. borderline personality disorder.

D. schizotypal personality disorder.

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Question 3

 

A client is initially very resistant to therapy, cannot acknowledge weaknesses, and ignores feedback. Most likely, the client is experiencing:

Answer   A. narcissistic personality disorder, and will make a great deal of progress in therapy.

B. schizoid personality disorder, and will not make much progress in therapy.

C. schizoid personality disorder, and will make a great deal of progress in therapy.

D. narcissistic personality disorder, and will not make much progress in therapy.

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Question 4

 

An individual diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder reports having a great deal of difficulty figuring out how others feel, and as a child had difficulty developing adequate language skills. These findings would make the most sense to a theorist with which background?

Answer   A. cognitive

B. sociocultural

C. biological

D. psychodynamic

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Question 5