Lecture 5: Extreme Personalities Flashcards
1
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The Office, Jim and Michael example
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- Jim:
- O:
- C:
- E:
- A: high
- N:
- Michael:
- O:
- C: low
- E:
- A: low
- N:
2
Q
Definition of Personality Disorder
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- Lasting, stable maladaptive pattern of behaviour
- Diverges from the person’s culture
- Manifested through inappropriate emotions and cognitions and lack of impulse control
- Recognizable in childhood
- long-term impairment in work and relationships
3
Q
The 10 Personality Disorders
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- 3 Clusters:
4
Q
Give a small description for Narcissist
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- Grandiosity
- Lack of empathy
- Need for admiration
- Clinical Interview Assessment of Narcissism (see image)
5
Q
System to understand extreme personalities?
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- McCrae and Costa (2009)
- Personality disorders may be classifiable with Big 5
- Schizoid disorders related to introversion
- Histrionic disorders related to Extraversion
- Dependent disorders related to high Agreeableness
- Antisocial disorders related to high Quarrelsomeness
- Compulsive disorders related to high C
6
Q
McAdams on Traits and Personality Disorders
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- Personality disorders may involve extreme variations but may involve other things too
- specific fears
- motivations
- peculiar thought patterns
- particular developmental histories
- Unique combination of dispositional traits
7
Q
DSM 5
Alternative Dimensional System for Personality Disorders
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- Elements of personality functioning
- Extremity on pathological personality domains
8
Q
Alternative to DSM- 5 Model for Personality Disorders
Criterion A
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- 1 to 5 scale (see image)
9
Q
Alternative DSM-5 Model for Personality Disorders
Criterion B
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- 5 dimensions of problematic personality traits (same lexical approach as Big 5)
10
Q
Big 5 vs Pathological Dimensions
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- For 4 of 5, the diagrams map pretty nicely:
- O doesn’t match
11
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VIA Classification of Strengths
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- Every individual possesses all 24 character strengths in different degrees
