The Main Difference Between Borderline Personality Disorder and Antisocial Personality

question 112

Multiple Choice

The main difference between borderline personality disorder and antisocial personality disorder is that

• A) while both have impulsive sex, the person with borderline personality disorder uses others and the person with antisocial personality disorder really cares about others.
• B) both avoid abandonment, the person with borderline personality disorder because they love others and the person with antisocial personality disorder because they need others to love them.
• C) both exploit others but the person with borderline personality disorder does it due to an angry reaction to disappointments and the person with antisocial personality disorder does it for gain and without guilt.
• D) both show suicidal behavior, the person with borderline personality disorder because he or she wants to die and the person with antisocial personality disorder to get attention.

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Test Statistic

A calculated value from sample data used to make decisions about the validity of a hypothesis.

Two-tail Test

A statistical test where the critical area of a distribution is two-sided and tests whether a sample is greater than or less than a certain range of values.

P-value

The probability of observing results as extreme as those observed in a study, under the assumption that the null hypothesis is true.

Null Hypothesis

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