Lecture 12 - Personality Disorders: Clinical Features and Treatment

Question 1

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Describe the diagnostic criteria of antisocial personality disorder (ASPD).

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Question 2

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Describe the differences between ASPD and psychopathy.

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Question 3

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Describe Gray’s biopsychological/motivational theory of personality.

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Question 4

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Describe the risk profile of antisocial personality.

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Question 5

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Describe emotion processing of people with psychopathy / ASPD.

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Question 6

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Describe how we use the startle reflex to investigate emotion modulation.

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Question 7

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Describe how we use fear conditioning to investigate emotion modulation.

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Question 8

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Describe how we use the gambling task to investigate reward/punishment sensitivity.

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Question 9

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What are the psychosocial causal factors of ASPD?

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Question 10

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Describe the treatments and outcomes in psychopaths and ASPD.

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