What Is a Reasonable Argument for the Idea That Personality

question 48

Multiple Choice

What is a reasonable argument for the idea that personality change is maladaptive?

• A) Having a disorganized, unsteady personality can cause others to find it difficult to make sense of or relate to that person.
• B) Personality stability causes others to consider that person as "too perfect."
• C) Someone who changes their personality frequently is perceived as unattractive and therefore may not acquire many relationship partners.
• D) Personality instability causes borderline personality disorder.

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Definitions:

Communication

The process of transferring information, meanings, and understanding from one entity or group to another through the use of mutually understood signs and semiotic rules.

Schizophrenia

A long-term, serious mental illness marked by altered thoughts, feelings, communication, self-identity, and actions.

Psychosis

A mental disorder characterized by a disconnection from reality, which may involve delusions, hallucinations, incoherent speech, and disorganized behavior.

Schizophrenogenic Mother

A type of mother—supposedly cold, domineering, and uninterested in the needs of her children—who was once thought to cause schizophrenia in her child.