Chapter 30: Personality Disorders

Chapter 30: Personality Disorders

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. The unique pattern of thoughts, attitudes, values, and behaviors that each person develops when adapting to a particular environment and its standards is called the:

ANS:  C

This is the definition of personality.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   Page 332        OBJ:   1

TOP:   Continuum of Social Responses       KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Assessment

MSC:  Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

2. Infants who experience nurturing environments develop the ability to:

ANS:  B

When the infant’s needs are consistently met, a sense of trust and self-worth develops.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   Page 333        OBJ:   2

TOP:   Personality in Childhood                 KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Assessment

MSC:  Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance

3. Behavioral theorists see personality disorders as the result of:

ANS:  B

Behavioralists see personality disorders as the result of conditioned responses caused by previous events. Social stressors refer to sociocultural theories; neurophysical refers to biological theories; and imbalance among the three forces of the personality describes psychoanalytical theories.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   Page 335        OBJ:   3

TOP:   Behavioral Theories                        KEY:  Nursing Process Step: N/A

MSC:  Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

4. Paranoid personality disorders are diagnosed more often in:

ANS:  A

Paranoid personality disorders are diagnosed in up to 2.5% of the population, more often in men than in women.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   Page 336        OBJ:   5

TOP:   Eccentric Cluster                             KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Assessment

MSC:   Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity