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Collmarie

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What is one of the five key personality dimensions of traits used to identify a personality disorder?
 
  a. intelligence
 b. agreeableness
  c. impulsivity
 d. compulsivity

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While Penny is undergoing chemotherapy to treat her leukemia, she depends totally on her daughter to care for her, drive her to appointments, do her shopping, cleaning, and other household chores. According to the DSM-5, does Penny meet the criteria for dependent personality disorder?
 
  a. Yes, because she is dependent on others and is unable to take care of her own responsibilities.
 b. No, not if the dependence is a temporary condition rather than pervasive.
 c. Maybe; the answer depends on whether one takes a categorical or taxometric approach to diagnosing personality disorders.
  d. No, Penny appears to exhibit traits of avoidant personality disorder, not dependent personality disorder.


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shaquita

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

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Collmarie

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Reply #2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Thank you


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No problem :)


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