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Module 3 & Chapter 3 Flashcards

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What is personality?

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A set of uniquely expressed characteristics

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Personality Disorders

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Persistent patterns of emotions, cognitions and behaviour that result in emotional distress

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Ego Syntonic vs Dystonic

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Behaviour that are perceived as natural, behaviour that are seen as foreign

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People with personality disorders see their traits as

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Ego Syntonic

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The DSM has a _____ to listing personality disorders

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Categorical

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Categorical approach meaning

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Black and white, poeple have symptoms or they don’t

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What is a dimensional model?

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Instead of focusing on kind… focusing on the degree of a disorder

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Affectivity

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Range, intensity and appropriateness of emotional response

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Cognition

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Way of perceiving self, others or events

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Cluster A of disorders

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Paranoid, schizoid behaviours

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Cluster B

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Anti-social, borderline, narccisitic

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Cluster C

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Avoidant, dependent, OCD

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Paranoid Personality Disorder Characteristics

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Mistrust, suspicion, jealous, sensitive to criticism

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Causes of Paranoid Personality disorder

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Genetics, childhood trauma, cultural, schemas

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Schizoid Personality Disorder Characteristics

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Aloof, dull, little to no libido

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Schizotypal Personality Disorder

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Odd beliefs or magical thinking

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Treatment for Schizoid Personality Disorder

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Social skills training

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Causes for Schizoid Personality Disorder

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Shyness, abuse, neglect

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Treatment of Schizotypal personality disorder

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antipsychotic medication and CBT

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Etiology of Schizotypal Disorder

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Genetics, left hemisphere damage

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Borderline Personality Disorder Characteristics

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Instability in mood, self-image

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Causes of BPD

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Genetics, early trauma

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Cures for BPD

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Meds, and DBT

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People with BPD often engage in

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Self mutitlation

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Histronic Personality Disorder characteristics

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Overly dramatic and attention seeking

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Treatment for HPD

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Improving problematic interpersonal relationships

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Narcisstic Personality Disorder

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Grandiose view of own self

21
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Treatment of NPD

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CBT and coping strategies

22
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Psychopathy is related to _____ but emphasizes psychological aspects, not just ____

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Anti social personality disorder, behavioural

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