Like Those with Paranoid Personality Disorder, Those with Avoidant Personality

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Multiple Choice

Like those with paranoid personality disorder, those with avoidant personality disorder usually:

• A) are very sensitive to criticism.
• B) avoid close relationships.
• C) are very sensitive to criticism and avoid close relationships.
• D) are indifferent to criticism and seek out close relationships.

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Definitions:

Immediate Response

Refers to the instant reaction or reply to a stimulus or situation without delay.

Specific Threat

A clearly defined danger that is immediate, such as a direct threat to someone's safety.

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy

A therapeutic approach that combines mindfulness practices, such as meditation, with elements of cognitive therapy to help break the cycle of depression.

Rational-Emotive Therapy

A cognitive-behavioral therapy developed by Albert Ellis that helps clients identify and change the irrational assumptions and thinking that help cause their psychological disorder.