If you visit Laura, you will find a very clean organized house. Everything has its place, and if you move an object, Laura will be distressed. She is rigid and tries to control everything. Of the following personality disorders, which one best describes Laura?
A. obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
B. dependent personality disorder
C. histrionic personality disorder
D. schizotypal personality disorder
Answer: A
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Dr. Williamson says, "The central feature of this personality disorder is the extreme changes in mood leading to stormy interpersonal relationships. Chronic feelings of emptiness and boredom may lead to suicidal gestures. Women are three times more likely to be diagnosed than men." What disorder is being described?
a. avoidant personality disorder b. obsessive-compulsive personality disorder c. borderline personality disorder d. antisocial personality disorder
Karen's first psychology exam score is 1 standard deviation from the mean in a normal distribution. The test has a mean of 75 and a standard deviation of 5 . Karen's percentile rank would be:
a. 16%. b. 54%. c. 70%. d. cannot say from the information given
Preschoolers who spend more time engaged in __________ play are better at inhibiting impulses and regulating emotions
A) block B) sociodramatic C) gross-motor D) independent
Siegler's (1988) study of individual differences in children's performance on single-digit arithmetic problems revealed that students could be categorized into three groups: good students, not-so-good students, and perfectionists
Results indicated that perfectionists used the retrieval strategy ___. a. more often than students in either of the other two groups b. more often than not-so-good students, but less often than good students c. about as often as students in the other two groups d. less often than students in either of the other two groups