Personality Flashcards
what is pers.
enduring pattern of thinking or behav. in social context
2 ways to classify personality
categorical vs. dimensional
2 aspects to categorization
- universality: reliable across methods, genders, cultrues
2. stability over time
what is dimensional model
NEO
what are cloniger’s 3 models
- novelty seeking
- harm avoidance
- reward dependence
adv of dimensional view
- everyone has traits
- no need for multiple overlaps
- better info about indiv.
disadv. of dimensional
- when is it a disorder
2. no natural breaks detected
what is catagroy model
DSM style
what is prob with DSM models
- arbitrary
- ambiguous def.
- overlapping diagnosis
- multiple diagnosis
DSM def of pers. disorder
enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that differs markedly from culture in 2 or more ways:
- cognition
- affectivity
- interpers. function
- impulse control
3 main PD groups
- odd/eccentric - paranoid, shcoid, types
- erratic dramatic - BPD, narc, antosocial
- anxious/fearful - avoidant, dependent, compulsive
how is validity of diagnosis
not great - doesn’t correspond to etiology or define treatment
what is key to therapy
not change, but improve coping and health yways of fitting in with personality
what do we know about neurobio of behav
not much, some correlates between structural, functional and transmitter system
2 neurotransmitter and behav they are linked to
DOPA - novelty seeking
5HT - harm avoidance
