Question: The set of uniquely expressed characteristics that influence behaviors, emotions, thoughts, and interactions that is unique to each individual is termed:

Answer: personality.

Question: The consistencies of one’s characteristics are called:

Answer: personality traits.

Question: An enduring, rigid pattern of inner experience and outward behavior that impairs the sense of self, emotional experiences, goals, capacity for empathy, and/or capacity for intimacy is termed:

Answer: personality disorder.

Question: How do personality disorders differ from the personality characteristics of typical people?

Answer: They lead to more maladaptive, distressful, and inflexible behaviors.

Question: The MOST important similarity among the personality disorders listed in the text is that:

Answer: they are inflexible, maladaptive, and related to impaired functioning or distress.

Question: The DSM-5 identifies 10 personality disorders utilizing a:

Answer: categorical approach.

Question: Which is NOT a criticism of DSM-5 diagnoses of personality disorders?

Answer: incorporating new research into the new edition

Question: One reason that the personality disorders are difficult to treat is that the afflicted individuals:

Answer: are frequently unaware that they have a problem.

Question: Comorbidity describes a situation in which:

Answer: =two disorders occur together in an individual

Question: Which is NOT the name used for a cluster of personality disorders?

Answer: schizophrenic