Exam 18: Disorders of Personality

Men who suffer from histrionic personality disorder might project a hypermasculine attitude and brag about their athletic abilities.

The DSM explicitly links low economic status with antisocial personality disorder.

Someone who brags about his physical health and vitality in front of a friend going through chemotherapy exhibits a symptom of which personality disorder?

Explain how the Big Five traits can be used to organize the DSM personality disorders. Provide at least four concrete examples of how certain personality disorders might reflect constellations of extreme scores on particular Big Five traits. What are some of the advantages of this approach for understanding personality disorders?

According to the DSM-IV classification scheme, what are the Cluster C disorders?

Describe the five maladaptive personality traits recently proposed for DSM-V. How do these traits relate to the Big Five traits and other personality trait constructs described in the textbook?

Describing casual acquaintances as "very dear friends" is a behavior associated with which personality disorder?

Physical illnesses that might be related to mental health appear on which axis of the DSM?

According to the text, one of the purposes of the DSM is to provide psychiatrists and clinical psychologists with an official diagnosis for insurance purposes.