People who continually blur the boundaries between themselves and idealized figures to fulfill their desperate need for self-structure are called:
a. merger-hungry personalities
b. mirror-hungry personalities
c. approval-hungry personalities
d. alter-ego hungry personalities
Question 2People who are continually searching for others whom they can admire for their beauty, intelligence, or moral stature are called:
a. mirror-hungry personalities
b. superego personalities
c. ideal-hungry personalities
d. narcissism-hungry personalities
Question 3People who are continually searching for self-objects who will admire and nurture them are called:
a. mirror-hungry personalities
b. alter-ego personalities
c. merger-hungry personalities
d. ego personalities
Question 4People who shy away from creative activities because they fear being overwhelmed by a grandiosity that is uncontrollable are suffering from an:
a. understimulated self
b. paranoid self
c. psychotic self
d. overstimulated self
Question 5The type of narcissistic personality disorder that results from prolonged lack of responsiveness on the part of the parents is called the:
a. paranoid self
b. psychotic self
c. understimulated self
d. overstimulated self
Question 6Individuals who achieve emotional distance from others by showing coldness and indifference are suffering from:
a. paranoid psychoses
b. schizoid personality disorders
c. narcissistic personality disorders
d. primary personality disorders
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