According to Alden and associates (2002 ), the one symptom that reliably differentiates avoidant personality disorder from dependent personality disorder is the avoidant person's:

a) Procrastination and dilatory behaviour
b) Greater difficulty initiating social relationships
c) Lack of self-reliance
d) Perfectionistic approach to life

b

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a. increase b. decrease c. have no influence on d. exacerbate

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When Maria's father teaches her a label for an object, he looks at the object and points to it. These behaviors help establish ___, which is essential for social learning

a. emulation b. joint attention c. shared values d. goal-directed problem solving

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