Family Members of a Client Ask a Nurse to Explain

question 22

Multiple Choice

Family members of a client ask a nurse to explain the difference between schizoid and avoidant personality disorders.Which is the appropriate nursing reply?

• A) "Clients diagnosed with avoidant personality disorder desire intimacy but fear it, and clients diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder prefer to be alone."
• B) "Clients diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder exhibit odd, bizarre, and eccentric behavior, whereas clients diagnosed with avoidant personality disorder do not."
• C) "Clients diagnosed with avoidant personality disorder are eccentric, and clients diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder are dull and vacant."
• D) "Clients diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder have a history of psychotic thought processes, whereas clients diagnosed with avoidant personality disorder remain based in reality."

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Definitions:

Cognitive Development

The process by which a person perceives, thinks, and gains understanding of his or her world through the interaction and influence of genetic and learned factors.

Emotional Development

The process through which individuals learn to recognize, understand, express, and manage emotions.

Preoperational Stage

A phase in Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development (from approximately 2 to 7 years of age) where children are unable to perform logical mental operations but develop memory and imagination.

Cognitive Development

The process by which an individual learns, acquires understanding, and reasons through changes in thought and behavior over the lifespan.