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Read the passage below and answer the question that follows.

Jake is continually laughing at other co-workers when they express feelings of frustration about work. He often sits by himself and ignores requests for assistance when others ask him to help. Jake also does not participate in any work-related extracurricular activities.

Based on this information, Jake most likely has __________ personality disorder.
A.
avoidant
B.
borderline
C.
schizoid
D.
narcissistic

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A. Avoidant because he avoids help from other people and denies into participating in a group work.
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The answer is D. Narcissistic

There aren’t many signs of b and c which leaves us with a and d. The fact that Jake laughs at other coworkers and ignores them shows this is further than avoidance so the correct answer is D. Narcissistic
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