What Is a Personality Disorder

question 100

Multiple Choice

What is a personality disorder?

• A) an innate tendency to respond in a maladaptive way to environmental stimuli
• B) an inflexible pattern of inner experience and outward behaviour that causes distress and interferes with daily functioning
• C) a disorder characterized by major loss of memory without a clear physical cause
• D) having a split in personality, resulting in many different personalities within the same individual

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Definitions:

Positive Reinforcement

The process of encouraging a desired behavior by rewarding it, thereby increasing the likelihood of its recurrence.

Desired Employee Behavior

The specific actions and attitudes that an employer wants to encourage in its workforce to achieve organizational goals.

Secondary Reinforcer

A stimulus that has become rewarding or motivating through its association with a primary reinforcer.

Past Experience

Refers to the knowledge or skills a person has gained through previous work, education, or life situations.