The Best Description of the Biological Component of Personality Disorders

question 22

Multiple Choice

The best description of the biological component of personality disorders is ________

• A) they are directly inherited disorders.
• B) they have no biological component, they are learned.
• C) personality traits are inherited that predispose a person to developing a personality disorder.
• D) people inherit the trait of anxiety, which underlies all of the personality disorders and predisposes people to developing a personality disorder.

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Definitions:

DSM-5

The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a publication by the American Psychiatric Association that classifies and provides criteria for mental disorders.

Big Five Personality

A theory that describes personality through five broad dimensions: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.

Diagnostic

Pertains to the process of identifying or determining the nature and cause of a disease or condition through examination of symptoms and tests.

Statistical Manual

Refers to a handbook used for diagnosis and classification of mental disorders, for example, the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders).