1. What is a personality disorder? pp. 421–
2. Describe the social relationship problems caused by each of the personality disorders. pp. 421–
3. What are the three “odd” personality disorders, and what are the symptoms of each? pp. 424–
4. What explanations and treatments have been applied to the paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal personality disorders? pp. 426–
5. What are the “dramatic” personality disorders, and what are the symptoms of each disorder? pp. 431–
6. How have theorists explained antisocial personality disorder and borderline personality disorder? What are the leading treatments for these disorders, and how effective are they? pp. 433–
7. What are the leading explanations and treatments for the histrionic and narcissistic personality disorders? How strongly does research support these explanations and treatments? pp. 443–
8. What is the name of the cluster that includes the avoidant, dependent, and obsessive-
9. What kinds of problems have clinicians run into when using a categorical approach to the classification and diagnosis of personality disorders? pp. 455–
10. Describe two dimensional approaches that have been proposed to identify and describe personality disorders. pp. 456–
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