Jamil has a lack of interest in friends or lovers and experiences very little emotion. He can be described as having which of the following personality disorders?

Related Mcqs:

1. Jamil is looking at two objects he knows are the same size. However, it appears that one of the objects looks smaller than the other. Therefore, Jamil concludes the smaller objects is father away from him than the one that appears larger. Jamil is using what method to determine depth?

   A. Linear perspective
   B. Relative size
   C. Interposition
   D. Accommodation

2. The light around the movie marquee flashed on-and-off in succession However, Jamil did not perceive them as separate lights flashing, but instead saw a continuous band of light moving around the edge of the marquee. Jamil’s perception illustrates:

   A. Feature detection.
   B. Bottom-up processing
   C. Pre-attentive processing
   D. The phi phenomenon

3. Jamil has been homeless for the past 3 years. The stress of being homeless seems to have contributed to the onset of psychosis. This example illustrates what risk factor for mental disorders?

   A. social
   B. family
   C. psychological
   D. biological

4. Jamil and Qasim are identical twins, reared in different homes after their birth, due to the death of their parents. They are nineteen years of age and have personalities that differ sharply from each other. The reason of this difference in personality is most likely due to:

   A. the two having identical genotypes
   B. the environment
   C. heredity
   D. brain chemistry differences

5. All of the following are characteristics of a person described as having a hardy personality except:

   A. The feel a sense of commitment to their goals
   B. The feel they are controlled of their lives
   C. They are critical of their environment
   D. They see unexpected change as a challenge

6. Which of the following personality disorders describes a person who has an extremely unable self-image, is moody, and does not develop stable relationships?

   A. borderline
   B. histrionic
   C. narcissistic
   D. schizoid

7. Which of the following personality disorders describes a person who has an exaggerated sense of self-importance and who needs constant admiration?

   A. dependent
   B. histrionic
   C. narcissistic
   D. schizoid

8. Farida was informed by a professional palm reader. “You generally communicate openly with others, but you have certain dark secrets that even your closest friends could never guess.” The fact that Farida was impressed by the palm reader’s insight into her personality best illustrates:

   A. the Barnum effect
   B. the spotlight effect
   C. the self-reference phenomenon
   D. unconditional positive regard

9. Mood disorders are those in which the personality may:

   A. experience serve depression and threaten suicide
   B. exhibit symptoms suggesting physical disease or injury but for which there is no identifiable cause
   C. exhibit behavior that is the result of an organic brain pathology
   D. experience delusions and hallucinations

10. Jamil is in a constant state of anxiety and also has brief, sudden periods of panic. He also believes these periods of panic will occur when he’s in a public location: therefore, jim is afraid to leave his house.Jim’s diagnosis is:

    A. agoraphobia
    B. panic disorder
    C. panic disorder with agoraphobia
    D. panic disorder without agoraphobia