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Home Study Test: Questions 1-15

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1) Personality disorders describe long term pervasive patterns of behavior across many situations. select one

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2) People continue behaviors even if they are toxic because they believe those behaviors work for them. select one

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3) It is not uncommon for a narcissist to be in a relationship with a codependent person. select one

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4. Themes and schemas from childhood that have persisted across years are usually central to personality disorders. select one

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5) Low levels of emotional empathy and feelings of entitlement characterize narcissists. select one

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6) It is impossible for a narcissist to ever benefit from treatment. select one

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7) Teaching healthy expresser and listener interchanges is one helpful technique for the narcissist to develop emotional empathy. select one

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8) Biorderline personality disorder is a diagnosis to be given to the most difficult to handle moody frustrating clients. select one

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9) Affect dysregulation, emotional sensitivity, and lack of self soothing are common manifestations in people with BPD. select one

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10) There is increasing evidence to suggest that working with the family and loved ones of those with BPD may be useful. select one

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11) There really is a difference in the way the brain of a borderline looks. select one

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12) One of the most useful beginning setps for workiung with a borderline client is to validate what you can in terms of their feelings, concerns and perceptions. select one

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13) A consistent specific therapist-client agreement is highly beneficial in terms of targeting boundaries with a borderline client. select one

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14) Diving in and solving problems for the borderline is recommended. select one

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15) Schema therapy highlights family of origin issues, unstable attachments, perceived abuses, and rejection or abandonment issues. select one

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Home Study Test: Questions 16-30

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16) The borderline's suicidal gestures and slef harm should never be taken seriously because they are just emotionally dysregulated and attention seeking. select one

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17) One of the most highly endorsed techniques for use with borderlines is DBT. select one

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18) Many cluster B personalities struggle in the area of mentalizing or infering other's emotional states. select one

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19) In dealing with personality diusordered cleinst it is especially important to make sure that interdisciplinary teams are on the same wavelength in terms of treatment goals and approaches. select one

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20) Histrionic personalities are attention seeking, sexually seductive and dramatic. select one

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21) A child who has behavior problems is guaranteed to become an antisocial adult. select one

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22) Reality therapy can be useful for antisocial personalities to consider the consequences of actions even when they don't feel sadness or remorse. select one

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23) All antisocial personalities are also psychopaths and criminals. select one

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24) Even an antosocial person can benefit often from behavior training aimed at learning communication, empathy, and perspective taking. select one

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25) Antisocial personalities often make faulty hostile attributions in social situations. select one

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26) In a portion of antisocial personlaity disordered adults who have not responded well to traditional therapy agitation therapy may be useful.. select one

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27) Identifying and working with defense mechanisms is crucial to understanding personality disorders. select one

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28) Medications are completely useless in people with personality disorders. select one

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29) Therapists working with cluster B personlitity disorders should keep in mind that they are generally more chaotic and difficult to treat than Axis I disorders alone. select one

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30) Even after treatment cluster B personality disorders are far more symptomatic than other Axis I disorders. select one

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