What really is Antisocial Personality Disorder?

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Which of the following is a diagnostic symptom of antisocial personality disorder? Emotional sensitivity Delusions Deceitfulness Being overly introverted

2. Which of the following does NOT characterize a person with this disorder? Superficial charm Wild flights of ideas A disregard for the safety of others Lack of remorse

3. Antisocial personality disorder is diagnosed... More frequently in females than in males. Mostly in teenagers. Relatively evenly in both males and females. More frequently in males than in females.

4. In children, certain markers for this disorder include all of the following EXCEPT... Bedwetting Animal Cruelty Pyromania Persistent nightmares

5. What did Hans Eysenck theorize about the etiology of antisocial personality disorder? That it involves failing to meet the need for self-actualization. That it might be related to repressed traumatic childhood memories. That it might be related to a sluggish autonomic nervous system. That classical conditioning in modern day advertisements is involved.

6. Which treatment is significantly effective in helping people that suffer from this disorder? Electroconvulsive therapy Treatment of this disorder is limited; there are no truly significant treatments. Psychopharmocotherapy Group therapy

7. Which of the following is not a disorder that frequently exists in people with antisocial personality disorder? Generalized Anxiety Disorder Schizophrenia Histrionic Personality Disorder Somatization Disorder

8. If a person with this disorder were to take the Thematic Apperception Test, what would their response generally involve? An overly mature theme involving a troubled relationship. A sad theme inolving an emotionally distressed character. A fragmented theme that does not have an actual story line. A juvenile theme where the hero does whatever he wants to do.

9. A person with a severe form of antisocial personality disorder can be classified as which of the following? Multipath Trotiopath Psychopath Telepath

10. What axis of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (IV-TR) is this disorder diagnosed on? Axis II Axis III Axis I Axis IV