________ suggests that self-esteem acts as a gauge or monitor that measures the level of acceptance a person feels from his or her environment

Comparing borderline and antisocial personality disorders using the dimensional approach shows the two disorders are distinguished by the fact that a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder would also include

a. high levels of traits involving negative affectivity. b. high levels of traits involving psychoticism. c. high levels of traits involving detachment. d. high levels of traits involving antagonism.

The outcome of Gary Ramona's court case (discussed in chapter 7) was

A) a conviction for abuse. B) a dismissal due to the statue of limitations. C) a large monetary award to Mr. Ramona. D) a large monetary award to Mr. Ramona's daughter.