EDEP 7201 Theories of Personality & Personality Disorders

Test 1 – 14th January 2022

3.30pm (Friday) – 3.30pm (Saturday)

Two (2) Questions x 10 Marks each = 20 Marks

Instructions:
1. Answer Question 1 and Question 2.
2. Read and address the needs of the questions carefully.
3. Write your answer using Words Document.
4. Follow APA writing format, font: Times New Roman, size 12, and 1.5 spacing.
5. Each question will be answered between 4 through 6 pages only with citations and
references at the back from authentic resources.
6. Save your documents, write your name and matric number, question number and
submit to the assessment section in Google Classroom.

Question 1- Discuss briefly any Two (2) of the following questions.

a) Discuss briefly the focus of personality development / character building from the
Islamic perspective? (5 Marks)
b) Discuss briefly the emphasis of the Biological Personality development theory.
(5 Marks)
c) What is your understanding of and your observations of Histrionic personality
disorder? (5 Marks)

Total: 10 Marks

Question 2 - Read the following real case study and answer the following questions:

Patient’s Story:

Myles was a 20 year-old man who was brought to the emergency room by the campus police
of the college from which he had been suspended several months ago. A professor had called
and reported that Myles had walked into his classroom, accused him of taking his tuition
money and refused to leave.

Although Myles had much academic success as a teenager, his behavior had become
increasingly odd during the past year. He quit seeing his friends and no longer seemed to care
about his appearance or social pursuits. He began wearing the same clothes each day and
seldom bathed. He lived with several family members but rarely spoke to any of them. When
he did talk to them, he said he had found clues that his college was just a front for an
organized crime operation. He had been suspended from college because of missing many
classes. His sister said that she had often seen him mumbling quietly to himself and at times
he seemed to be talking to people who were not there. He would emerge from his room and
ask his family to be quiet even when they were not making any noise.

Myles began talking about organized crime so often that his father and sister brought him to
the emergency room. On exam there, Myles was found to be a poorly groomed young man
who seemed inattentive and preoccupied. His family said that they had never known him to
use drugs or alcohol, and his drug screening results were negative. He did not want to eat the
meal offered by the hospital staff and voiced concern that they might be trying to hide drugs
in his food.

His father and sister told the staff that Myles’ great-grandmother had had a serious illness and
had lived for 30 years in a state hospital, which they believed was a mental hospital. Myles’
mother left the family when Myles was very young. She has been out of touch with them, and
they thought she might have been treated for mental health problems.

Myles agreed to sign himself into the psychiatric unit for treatment. His story reflects a
common case, in which a high-functioning young adult goes through a major decline in day-
to-day skills. Although family and friends may feel this is a loss of the person they knew, the
illness can be treated and a good outcome is possible. In the case of Myles, he was having
persecurtory delusions, auditory hallucinations and negative symptoms that had lasted for at
least one year. All of these symptoms fit with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. It is key for the
treating doctor to quickly rule out other causes of the problem, such as substance use, a head
injury or a medical illness. Treatment for these conditions differs from that for schizophrenia
and may be lifesaving.

Address the following questions:

a. Identify Myles’ personality disorder type (Cluster A / Cluster B / Cluster C) and

discuss its attributes briefly. (3 Marks)

b. Discuss critically the possible factors unpinning Myle’s personality disorder.

(4 Marks)

c. Identify any compatible inventory that can be used to diagnose Myle’s

personality disorders and describe it briefly. (3 Marks)

Total: 10 Marks