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sam.t96

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Identify the features and epidemiology of anxious/fearful, avoidant, dependent, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders.
 
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Question 2

When helping a client, a psychologist should be and , which is difficult to do when emotional feelings are involved.
 
  a. unbiased; subjective
  b. unbiased; objective
  c. careful; unbiased
  d. abstinent; objective



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Answer to Question 1

- anxious/fearful personality disorders include avoidant, dependent, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders
- avoidant personality disorder involves a pervasive pattern of anxiety, feelings of inadequacy, and social hypersensitivity
- dependent personality disorder involves a pervasive, excessive need to be cared for, leading to submissiveness, clinging behavior, and fears of separation
- obsessive-compulsive personality disorder involves a pre-expectation with orderliness, perfectionism, and control

Answer to Question 2

b



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