which statement is representative of the cognitive explanation of histrionic personality disorder? please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. answer choices as children, people with histrionic personality disorder had unhealthy relationships with parents who were too cold and controlling. histrionic personality disorder is produced in part by cultural norms and expectations. histrionic personality disorder is more pervasive in women; the vain, dramatic, and selfish behavior of the histrionic personality may be an exaggeration of femininity as european and u.s. culture once defined it. people with histrionic personality disorder hold a general assumption that they are helpless to care for themselves, and so they constantly seek out other people who will meet their needs.