Question

B35. Before brain surgery, Effington was a good father and held a responsible job. After the removal of portions of his frontal lobes, Effington’s personality changed in what way?

a. He began to experience visual hallucinations.

b. He began to experience auditory hallucinations.

c. His emotional reactions and decision-making abilities were impaired.

d. He was much more driven and focused on his work.

1. Which of the following psychologists was a social learning theorist?

a. Czikszentmihalyi

b. Rogers

c. Skinner

d. Rotter

2 Personality disorders are _____.

      a. Manifestations or configurations of undesirable traits

      b. Extreme or problematic

      c. Associated with impairment in daily living activities

      d. All of the above

3. What does it mean to say that certain personality disorders are ego-syntonic?

a. People who have them are accurately aware of their disorder.

b. People who have them lose their identities.

c. People who have them are low in ego control and ego resiliency.

d. People who have them do not think anything is wrong.

4. Social learning theory is concerned with

a. beliefs about situations, rewards, and punishments

b. directly observable behaviors

c. overt behavior

d. operant behavior

5. Mr. Sidewall suffers from a personality disorder. Which of the following is a defining feature of Mr. Sidewall’s disorder (and all personality disorders)?

       a. His personality disorder is permanent and cannot be treated

       b. His personality disorder impairs his daily functioning on some level

       c. His personality disorder is non-existent

       d. His personality disorder could never be misdiagnosed

Answer 1

1. His emotional reactions and decision-making abilities were impaired. The frontal lobe is majorly involved in the decision making processes of the brain. It also plays a role in emotional reactions.

2. Rotter was a social learning theorist. Skinner was a behaviorist. Rogers was a humanist and Czikszentmihalyi was a positive psychologist.

3. All of the above are features of personality disorders.

4. People who have them do not think anything is wrong. It is in harmony with their sense of self.