Question

Mark would bite and hit the other children in his preschool class, and by the time he turned ten he started shoplifting and skipping school. His teenage years showed a pattern of cheating at school, stealing from a part-time job, selling drugs, and stealing cars. Mark's developmental history is an indication of:
a. schizophrenia.
b. obsessive-compulsive disorder.
c. antisocial personality disorder.
d. dissociative identity disorder.

Answer 1

Answer:

The best answer is A

Explanation:

Mark seems to be suffering from a long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.