Emma calls her husband every day at work to ask him what she should make for dinner. She spends her days at her mother's because she worries something will go wrong in her own home that she won't be able to handle. Even though she is artistically talented, Emma has never enrolled in an art class or used her natural talent, because she believes her work isn't that good. Emma's most likely diagnosis is __________.
A. borderline personality disorder
B. dependent personality disorder
C. schizoid personality disorder
D. paranoid personality disorder
Answer: B
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a. Leon Festinger c. David McClelland b. Henry Murray d. Abraham Maslow
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a) conscious level. b) unconscious level. c) postconscious level. d) preconscious level.
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a. a personal fable b. false beliefs c. an identity crisis d. a zone of proximal development
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A. it can easily be used with humans B. it offers the ability to sample transmitter substances in a living, conscious organism C. it uses radioactive molecules that break down quickly D. it can assess brain function on a moment-by-moment basis