1. Which classification of personality disorders do you find more satisfactory, the current DSM IV classification into three clusters, or the proposed DSM V classification along dimensions similar them to the five major normal factors of personality? Why?
2. Think of someone you know whose behavior might fit one of the personality disorders in the DSM, or at least resembles one of the personality disorders. Which of the disorders best describes that person? Using a made-up name for the person, describe his or her thoughts, feelings, and or behavior that lead you to believe that he or she might be an example of the disorder you have chosen.
3. Which of the five basic approaches to personality psychology will you follow in the future? Explain, using Funder's criteria for choosing a perspective, why you would follow that approach.