032615 personality disorders

Question 1

what determines personality

Answer 1

temperament (50%)
character
development
psyche

Question 2

psyche

Answer 2

self awareness (ability to learn, adapt, change)

Question 3

character

Answer 3

what you learn based on your experiences (defense mechanisms, object relations-relationship to others and how it’s internalized)

Question 4

development

Answer 4

negatvie events in early childhood physiologically alter limbic system

the effect of “nurture” on biology

Question 5

what makes something a personality disorder

Answer 5

when personality is:
ingrained and inflexible
gets in the way of relationships and functioning
relatively stable
distresses people around them

Question 6

ego syntonic vs ego dystonic

Answer 6

personality disorders are often EGO-SYNTONIC rather than ego-dystonic

ego-syntonic means “acceptable to the ego”–it doesn’t bother the individual but bothers others

Question 7

cluster A disorders

Answer 7

more detached, eccentric

• schizoid (doesn’t want relationships)
• schizotypal (beliefs in telepathy, clairvoyance, magical thinking)
• paranoid (mistrust of ppl)

Question 8

cluster B disorders

Answer 8

dramatic, impulsive, self-focused

• antisocial (lack of remorse, aggressive, sociopathic)
• borderline (alternating btwn extremes of idealization and devaluation, frantic to avoid abandonment, affective instability, chronic feelings of emptiness, recurrent suicidal behavior or threats)
• histrionic (preoccupied w appearance and attention)
• narcissistic (heightened sense of self-importance, lack of empathy)

Question 9

cluster C disorders

Answer 9

more anxious

• OCPD (preoccupied w details and rules that major point of activity is lost)
• avoidant (extreme sensitivity to rejection which may lead to socially withdrawn life)
• dependent (lack self confidence and can’t make decisions)