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Abnormal Psychology
midterm 1: personality disorders
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
02/12/2013

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Dependent Personality Disorder
Definition
Pervasive and excessive need to be taken care of that leads to submissive and clinging behaviour and fears of separation
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Obsessive-Compulsive Personality disorder
Definition
Pervasive pattern of preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and mental and interpersonal control, at the expense of flexibility, openness, and efficiency
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Avoidant Personality Disorder
Definition
Pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, hypersensitivity to negative emotion
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Avoidant Personality Disorder
Definition
Highly sensitive to other’s opinions
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Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Definition
Pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behaviour) and need for admiration and lack of empathy
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Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Definition
o Pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behaviour) and need for admiration and lack of empathy
o Exaggerated unreasonable sense of self-importance
o They require special attention, and exploit others
o May become envious of others, or depressed when they cannot live up to their own expectations
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Histrionic Personality Disorder
Definition
excessive emotionality and attention seeking
Often impulsive, need reassure and approval constantly
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Histrionic Personality Disorder
Definition
Patterns of behaviour that are highly dramatic, sensational, sexually provocative
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Schizotypal Personality Disorder
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Often socially isolated, may he highly suspicious of others
Magical thinking, ideas of reference (they think insignificant events relate directly to them), and illusions are common (not a full hallucination)
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Schizoid Personality Disorder
Definition
Pervasive pattern of detachment from social relationships
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Schizoid Personality Disorder
Definition
preference for social isolation somewhat resembles autism
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Paranoid Personality Disorder
Definition
Pervasive and unjustified mistrusts and suspicion (doubts of faithfulness, suspicious, see hidden messages, grudges, feel threatened)
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Antisocial Personality Disorder
Definition
• Don’t comply with social norms & violate rights of others
• Irresponsible, impulsive, and deceitful
• Lack conscious, empathy, and remorse
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Antisocial Personality Disorder
Definition
usually have early behaviour Problems, especially Conduct disorder
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Borderline Personality Disorder
Definition
Patterns of unstable moods and relationships
Impulsivity, fear of abandonment, plus a very poor self-image
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