Discomfort in social situations, fear of evaluation, and timidity are characteristic of what personality disorder?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which are true of the diathesis-stress model of mental illness?Please identify all correct answers.
   1: When an enduring vulnerability factor in a person is coupled with a recent stressor, it results in psychological disorder.
   2: Only one of the diathesis or stressor needs to be present for symptoms of the psychological disorder to occur.
   3: Both the diathesis and the stressor must be present to lead the symptoms of the psychological disorder.
   4: Diathesis and stressors have specific definitions.

   A. 1 & 4
   B. 1 & 3
   C. 2 & 3
   D. 2 & 4

2. A major defining characteristic of personality disorder is that they___________?

   A. Are psychological, more from society’s view than from that of the person’s who have them
   B. Reflect a lack of contrast with reality
   C. Are comparatively easy to treat
   D. Are frequently relative, i.e. short term responses to stress

3. Watson and Rayner (1`920) conditioned “Little Albert’ to fear white rats by banging a hammer on a steel bar as the child played with a white rat. Later, it was discovered that Albert feared not only white rats but white stuffed toys and Santa’s beard as well. Albert’s fear of these other objects can be attributed to:

   A. the law effect
   B. stimulus generalization
   C. stimulus discrimination
   D. an overactive imagination

4. Dysthymic disorder and cyclothymic disorder and two varieties of:

   A. mood disorder
   B. conversion disorder
   C. schizophrenia
   D. somatoform disorder

5. What is the main between a generalized anxiety disorder and a panic disorder?

   A. A panic disorder causes connected, related panic attacks
   B. A panic disorder causes a constant feeling of worry and tension
   C. A panic disorder causes uncomfortable moments of high tension
   D. A panic disorder causes random, unrelated panic attacks

6. Which of the following is not a disorder that frequently exists in people with antisocial disorder?

   A. Schizophrenia
   B. Histrionic personality Disorder
   C. Generalized anxiety Disorder
   D. Somatization Disorder

7. Which of the following is characteristic of dissociative disorder?

   A. phobic disorder
   B. amnesia
   C. paranoia
   D. depression

8. which of the following is diagnostic symptom of antisocial personality disorder?

   A. Delusions
   B. Emotional sensitivity
   C. Being overly introverted
   D. Deceitfulness

9. Antisocial personality disorder is diagnosed:

   A. More frequently in males than in females
   B. Relatively evenly in both males and females
   C. More frequently in females than in males
   D. Mostly in teenagers

10. A person with a severe form of antisocial personality disorder can be classified as which of the following?

    A. Trotiopath
    B. Psychopath
    C. Telepath
    D. Multipath