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Psych- Exam 2
personality disorder
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cluster A - words (2) | odd; eccentric |
| Cluster A - disorders | paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal (all the most introverted) |
| Cluster B - words (3) | dramatic, emotional, erratic |
| Cluster B - disorders | antisocial, broadline, histrionic, narcissistic |
| Cluster C - words (2) | anxious, fearful |
| Cluster C - disorders | avoidant, dependent and obsessive-compulsive |
| Personality Disorder | overly rigid and maladaptive patterns of behavior and ways of relating to others that reflect extreme variations on underlying personality traits |
| Schizoid (Cluster A) | loves their alone time; very severity; doesn't enjoy close relationships; lacks close friends of (bffs); appears indiff to praise / criticism; takes leisure's in few activities; almost always choose activities alone; emotionally cold and/or detached |
| Paranoid (Cluster A) | introvert; psychotic thinking; suspects that others are exploiting, harming or deceiving them; finds hidden demeaning; perceives attacks on character; persistently bears grudges; reluctant to confide in others; doubts w/ friends' loyalty |
| Schizotypal (Cluster A) | unusual perceptual experiences (6th sense); ideas of reference (thinking their is a message); odd beliefs / magical thinking; odd thinking; inappropriate or constricted affect; excessive social anxiety; lack of close friends(people don't want to interact) |
| Borderline (Cluster B) - features | identity disturbance; chronic feeling or emptiness; patterns of unstable and intense relationships by splitting; inappropriate, intense, difficult to control anger; affective instability & mood; frantic efforts to avoid abandonment; suicidality |
| Borderline - defense mechanisms + etiology | splitting (thinking things all good or all bad); omnipotence (all the power) and devaluation (rejecting them); denial; projection (putting ur own feelings on someone else) projective identification; heredity + history of abuse |
| Antisocial (Cluster B) - features | reckless + impulsive behavior (consistent irresponsibility, reckless disregard for safety, irritability/aggressiveness, impulsivity, failure to conform to social norms); psychopathy (rare) (superficial charm + grandiosity) |
| Antisocial - etiology | heredity; chaotic home life; history of ODD/CD; head injury |
| Narcissistic (Cluster B) - features | grandiose sense of self-importance; fantasies of ultimate power/success; believes they are special or unique; sense of entitlement; arrogance toward others; envy; interpersonally exploitative; lack of empathy |
| Narcissistic - etiology | Kohut theory (develop. of relationships w/ parents for children, effective parenting); social learning |
| Histrionic (Cluster B) - features | discomfort not being center of attention; inappropriate sexual/provocative behavior; shallow expressions of emotion; physical appearance; vague (uncertain) and impressionistic language (not meaning what they're saying); theatricality; easily peer pressure |
| Dependent (Cluster C) | preoccupied w/ fear of being left alone; feels helpless when alone; needs others to assume responsibility; difficulty making everyday decisions; difficulty initiating projects on own; urgently seeks relationships as source of care/support; excessive lengh |
| Avoidant (Cluster C) | views self as inferior to others; restraint in intimate relationships; avoid professional interpersonal contact; reluctant to engage in new activities; avoids new interpersonal situations; unwilling to get involved w/ people unless certain of being liked |
| Obsessive-Compulsive | preoccupied w/ details, rules, lists, order, organization + schedules; perfectionism that interferes w/ tack completion; morally over conscientious/inflexible; excessively devoted to work; reluctance to delegate; miserly spending style |
| the most impairing/severe PD? | schizotypal |
| the least impairing/severe PD? | obsessive-compulsive |
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