Amy quickly becomes the center of attention when she enters a room. She is a tall and attractive ...

Amy quickly becomes the center of attention when she enters a room. She is a tall and attractive young woman who generally wears something striking. Amy is known as a flirt and acts in a seductive manner around men. When Amy speaks, she uses very exaggerated terms, even when describing relatively ordinary situations. Amy's diagnosis is most likely ________ personality disorder.
 
  a. histrionic
 b. narcissistic
  c. borderline
 d. dependent

Question 2

Individuals who overreact to everything and are overly dramatic and vain are most likely to be diagnosed with ________ personality disorder.
 
  a. borderline
 b. histrionic
 c. narcissistic
  d. dependent

Question 3

The psychological treatment that has been found to have significant effectiveness in helping patients with borderline personality disorder centers on
 
  a. regressing patients to the time in their lives when they experienced trauma.
 b. removing the reinforcing attention that they have received for their disordered behavior in the past.
  c. enrolling them in a 12-step program such as Alcoholics Anonymous.
 d. learning to cope with life stressors in a more effective manner.

Question 4

Research regarding psychological treatment for borderline personality disorder suggests that ________ appears to be helpful in improving mood and reducing suicidal and self-injurious behaviors.
 
  a. dialectical behavior therapy
  b. cognitive therapy
 c. operant conditioning
 d. nothing

Question 5

Which of the following is the most likely model to explain the cause of borderline personality disorder?
 
  a. Biological
 b. Early trauma resulting in posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms that are not recognized or dealt with during childhood
  c. Stressful life events
 d. Biological predisposition interacting with life events such as childhood trauma and later life stressors