Individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder Are Difficult to Treat Because

question 59

Multiple Choice

Individuals with borderline personality disorder are difficult to treat because

• A)their intellectual functioning is too low for them to reach true insights.
• B)they do not feel distressed,despite being so distressing to others.
• C)they have extreme difficulties trusting others,including a therapist.
• D)all of the above.

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Definitions:

Conscious Memories

Memories that can be intentionally recalled and described, relating to personal experiences and specific facts or information.

Long-Term Potentiation

A long-lasting increase in signal transmission between two neurons, considered a central mechanism behind learning and memory.

Conditioned Eyeblink

A classical conditioning experiment where a subject learns to blink in response to a conditioned stimulus, typically a tone, that has been associated with an unconditioned stimulus, like a puff of air to the eye.

Hypothalamus

A neural structure lying below (hypo) the thalamus; it directs several maintenance activities (eating, drinking, body temperature), helps govern the endocrine system via the pituitary gland, and is linked to emotion and reward.