Tyree Is So Fearful of Rejection by Others That He

question 109

Multiple Choice

Tyree is so fearful of rejection by others that he avoids all but the most necessary social contact with others.He tends to stay in his apartment where he works from his computer and only goes out to make necessary purchases.Tyree is demonstrating the symptoms of a(n)

• A) avoidant personality.
• B) antisocial personality.
• C) schizotypal personality.
• D) borderline personality.

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Transference Neurosis

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