Choose a Cluster A personality disorder and describe its diagnostic criteria
What will be an ideal response?
Paranoid personality disorder is characterized by a pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others and includes at least four of the following: believing that others intend harm or deception, questioning the trustworthiness or loyalty of others, fearing that information will be used against him or her, reading negative meanings into benign comments, being quick to rebut in an angry manner, or suspecting infidelity in a sexual or romantic partner without reason.
Schizoid personality disorder is a pervasive pattern of social detachment and a limited expression of emotion in interpersonal contexts. It includes at least four of the following: lack of desire for relationships, few friends; preference for isolation; lack of enjoyment in activities; being neutral regarding praise or criticism; or a general lack of emotionality.
Schizotypal personality disorder is a consistent pattern of social problems marked by significant deficits in the ability to maintain close relationships and by distortions in thoughts and idiosyncratic behavior marked by at least five of the following: ideas of reference; abnormal beliefs or magical thinking; unusual perceptual experiences; odd thinking and speech; suspiciousness or paranoia; inappropriate emotional expression; odd, eccentric, or peculiar behavior or appearance; limited number of friends or relatives due to excessive social anxiety and paranoia.
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b. Men and women have different perceptions of what constitutes sexual harassment. c. Sexual harassment in the workplace is actually so rare that it is almost impossible to identify when it occurs. d. Many victims of sexual harassment do not report it.
You tell your mother that you have to memorize a particular poem for English. She says, "Oh, I had to learn that poem when I was in high school.". Your mother spontaneously begins reciting the poem. Your mother's ability to recite this poem from her past casts doubt on which explanation of forgetting?
a. disuse b. memory decay c. repression d. suppression
The child's desensitization is ____ prolonged viewing of televised violence
a. eliminated as a consequence of b. reduced by c. unaffected by d. increased by
Research exploring the so-called "Mozart Effect" has resulted in which of the following outcomes?
A) Improvements in intellectual ability were either absent or minimal and temporary. B) Children forced to listen to this music actually suffered a decrease in intellectual ability due to deficits in alertness. C) Significant improvements in intellectual ability were found in longitudinal studies. D) There was such a variety of findings that no one conclusion was supported by a majority of the research.