Osmund, a 12-year-old, refuses to speak to anyone, pushes his mother away when she tries to hug him, and avoids all forms of social contact. Osmund is most likely to be diagnosed with _____.

Julia has a very poorly constructed sense of herself. She engages in dramatic, wildly emotional behaviors designed to ‘trap' people into staying in her life. She sometimes threatens to kill herself to manipulate others into doing what she wants, and thoug

has a fear of being abandoned by people she really trusts nobody. Julia's symptoms are most reminiscent of a person with __________ personality disorder. a. schizoid b. borderline c. histrionic d. narcissistic

The hallmark of normal waking consciousness is ______

a. the highly selective nature of attention b. the highly generalized nature of attentive processes c. the short duration of attention-span d. the ability to intensely focus on multiple tasks at once