Intro to Psych / Reproductive Psych Flashcards
(38 cards)
What’s Axis I?
All clinical diagnoses other than personality disorders and mental retardation.
What’s Axis II?
Axis II is personality disorders and mental retardations. These are conditions that broadly affect all social interaction, and are considered to be permanent.
What’s Axis III?
Medical conditions - hypertension, diabetes, hypothyroidism, etc.
What’s Axis IV?
Psychosocial stressors: work stress, poverty, etc. etc.
What’s Axis V?
Global assessment of function - ranging from 0 - 100. Less than 30 is immediately worrisome.
What is the definition of a personality disorder? (3 features)
A pattern of inner experience or behavior that…
- deviates from the norm
- is inflexible
- causes impairment or distress
Are personality disorders egosyntonic or egodystonic? What does this mean?
Personality disorders are generally considered egosyntonic - people aren’t aware that they’re abnormal.
(Contrast with someone with OCD, who might be very aware that their behavior isn’t normal. That’s egodystonic.)
What sort of personality disorders are in Cluster A?
“odd, bizzarre” distrustful, etc.
3 specific personality disorders in Cluster A and a brief definition?
Paranoid - distrustful, suspicious
Schizoid - detachment from social relationships
Schizotypic - eccentric, odd beliefs (incense, crystal, cat-ladies?)
What sort of personality disorders are in Cluster B?
“dramatic, emotional”
4 specific personality disorders in Cluster B? give a brief description of each
Antisocial
Borderline
Histrionic
Narcissistic
Give a brief description of antisocial personality disorder?
Disregard for others, lack of remorse.
Brief description of borderline personality disorder?
Intense fear of abandonment and frequent self-harm.
Brief description of histrionic personality disorder?
Excessive emotionality and attention-seeking behavior.
Brief description of narcissistic personality disorder?
Grandiosity, lack of empathy, and intense need for admiration.
What sort of personality disorders are in Cluster C?
ones marked by anxiety and fear
Name 3 personality disorders in Cluster C?
Avoidant
Dependent
Obsessive compulsive
Briefly describe avoidant personality disorder?
Social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy.
Briefly describe dependent personality disorder.
Submissive, clingy behavior.
Briefly describe obsessive compulsive personality disorder.
Preoccupation with order and perfection, difficulty delegating and making decisions.
What’s “normal” picture drawing behavior, roughly, for young girls and boys?
Girls: more people, faces
Boys: more cars, scenes w/o people
(Editorial: I guess there’s something too this… but I’m still unsure that this isn’t mostly cultural)
What evidence from picture drawing do we have about when and what sets up sex-based differences in the brain? Is this an organizational or activational effect?
Girls exposed to more testosterone in utero (adrenal hyperplasia) draw more “masculine” pictures… and this doesn’t seem to reverse itself.
This is an organizational effect.
How does the timing of presentation of diseases with sex-based predisposition vary between males and females?
Females: onset is usually at or after menarche
Males: conditions tend to be developmental
Are there differences in the ability of men and women to recognize non-verbal communication (facial expression, body language, etc.)?
Yes, women tend to be better at.
still skeptical that this isn’t based in gender culture
