You are reading for a part in a play. The description of the part describes the character as exhibiting a pervasive pattern of intense and unstable interpersonal relationships, an unstable self-image, and repeated suicidal gestures. You conclude that this
character would meet the criteria for __________ personality disorder.
a. schizoid
b. dependent
c. borderline
d. antisocial
Answer: c.
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Which of the following is TRUE of life cycle changes over the past 50 years?
a. We leave childhood later. b. We take longer to become adults. c. We're having babies sooner. d. Middle age is shorter.
Functional imaging studies of the human association cortex indicate that judgments of sound __________ activate the __________.
A. timbre; posterior stream B. identity; anterior stream C. timbre; anterior stream D. identity; posterior stream
If Emma has a fear that her symptoms are the result of a serious or deadly illness, today she would be diagnosed as having __________, but in previous versions of the DSM, it would have been __________.
A. somatization disorder; Münchausen syndrome B. hypochondriasis; somatic symptom disorder C. somatic symptom disorder; hypochondriasis D. Münchausen syndrome; somatization disorder
“Allomothering” means
a. childrearing provided by the father. b. childrearing provided by an older sibling. c. shared mothering; many women provide parenting. d. lack of mothering; the child is neglected.