Personality Disorders Flashcards
The word “personality” originates from the Latin _______, which means ______.
Reflects the ____ & _____ processes.
persona; mask
mask; internal
What is personality?
characteristics that uniquely influence a person’s environment, cognitions, emotions, motivations, and behavior
Which theorist propagated a two tiered personality structure with sixteen “primary factors” and five “secondary factors”?
Cattell
Which theorist proposed a five-dimension personality model, aka “The Big Five”?
Goldberg
What is Goldberg’s 5-dimension personality model?
Openness to experience
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
Personality Disorders refer to long-standing, pervasive and inflexible patterns of behavior. Give 3 implications.
- depart from cultural expectations
(Culturation: conflict of traditions) - impair social & occupational functioning
- cause emotional distress
In what axis was PD of the DSM-IV?
Axis II - Intellectual disability & PD
Which disorders have the highest heritability?
BPD
Histrionic
Narcissistic
OCD
Dependent
What age range is personality temperament?
Birth - 2 yrs
T/F there is gender bias in PD diagnosis.
True; women are higher
What is the course of PD?
begin in childhood, become clinically significant in adolescence
Co-morbidity rates are ____ in PD.
high
T/F; more than 1 PD can be diagnosed concurrently.
Ture
Which 3 disorders make up cluster A of PDs?
paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal
How is cluster A characterized?
odd and eccentric
