The fear of abandonment is seen in both borderline and dependent personality disorder. A key difference is
their reaction to it:
A) The person with borderline personality disorder gets into new relationships and the person with
dependent personality disorder is afraid to seek out new relationships.
B) The person with borderline personality disorder gets angry and the person with dependent
personality disorder becomes submissive.
C) The person with borderline personality disorder gets depressed and the person with dependent
personality disorder gets angry.
D) The person with borderline personality disorder goes to other people for a replacement and the
person with dependent personality disorder stays alone and sad.
Question 2Describe delirium and dementia. What are the main differences?
What will be an ideal response?
Question 3People who lack self-confidence despite good skills, who panic at the possibility of being separated from
their spouse, and remain in abusive relationships have many of the symptoms of ________ personality
disorder.
A) dependent B) histrionic C) avoidant D) narcissistic
Question 4The cognitive restructuring approach to social phobia focuses on
A) identifying the underlying cause of the phobia.
B) extinguishing problematic behavioral responses.
C) challenging automatic thoughts.
D) minimizing symptoms.
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