An individual diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder reports having a great deal of difficulty figuring out how others feel and as a child had difficulty developing adequate language skills. These findings would make the MOST sense to a theorist with which background?

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The difficulty in understanding others' emotions and language skills suggest deficits in social cognition, which is a domain studied in cognitive theories of psychology. These deficits are also consistent with the diagnosis of schizoid personality disorder, which is characterized by social detachment and isolation. Psychodynamic, sociocultural, and biological theories do not necessarily emphasize social cognition deficits in the development of personality disorders.

An Individual Diagnosed with Schizoid Personality Disorder Reports Having a Great