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Persistent pattern of emotions, cognitions, and behavior that results in enduring emotional distress
for the person affected and/or for others and may cause difficulties with work and relationships

Enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that
deviates markedly from the norms and expectations of the individual’s
culture, is pervasive and inflexible, has an onset in adolescence or early
adulthood, is stable over time and leads to distress or impairment.

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Personality Disorder / General Personality Disorder

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Emotions of therapists brought out by clients

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Countertransference

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In this model, people can be rated on a series of personality dimensions,
and the combination of five components describes why people are so different.

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Five-factor model / The big five

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5 factors or dimensions of the five-factor model

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Openness
Conscientiousness
Extroversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism

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Dimension of five-factor model that is talkative, assertive, and active versus silent, passive, and reserved

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Extroversion

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Dimension of the five-factor model that is kind, trusting, and warm versus hostile, selfish, and mistrustful

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Agreeableness

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Dimension of the five-factor model that is organized, thorough, and reliable versus careless, negligent, and unreliable

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Conscientiousness

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Dimension of the five-factor model that is even-tempered versus nervous, moody, and temperamental

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Neuroticism

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Dimension of the five-factor model that is imaginative, curious, and creative versus shallow and imperceptive

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Openness

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3 clusters of personality disorders

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Cluster A
Cluster B
Cluster C

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Cluster A is called?

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Odd or eccentric cluster

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Personality disorders in cluster A (3)

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Paranoid
Schizoid
Schizotypal personality disorders

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Cluster B is called?

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Dramatic, emotional, or erratic cluster

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Personality disorders in cluster B (4)

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Antisocial
Borderline
Histrionic
Narcissistic personality disorders

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Cluster C is called?

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Anxious or fearful cluster

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Personality disorders in Cluster C (3)

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Avoidant
Dependent
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorders

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A pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent.

Excessively mistrustful and suspicious of
others, without any justification.

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Paranoid personality disorder (Cluster A)

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Treatment for Paranoid PD

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Cognitive Therapy

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A pervasive pattern of detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of expression of emotions in interpersonal settings.

Pattern of detachment from social relationships and a limited range
of emotions in interpersonal situations.

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Schizoid personality disorder (Cluster A)

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Describes people who have a tendency to turn inward and away from the outside world.

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Schizoid

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People with paranoid and schizotypal personality disorders often have?

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Ideas of reference

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Mistaken beliefs that meaningless events relate just to them.

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Ideas of reference

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Treatment for Schizoid PD

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Social skills training

24
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A pervasive pattern of social and interpersonal deficits marked by acute discomfort with reduced capacity for close relationships, as well as by cognitive or perceptual distortions and eccentricities of behavior.

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Schizotypal personality disorder (Cluster A)

25
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Historically, the word _____________ was used to describe people who were predisposed to develop schizophrenia

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Schizotype

26
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One way a person’s genetics is expressed

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Phenotype

27
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Gene or genes that make up a particular disorder.

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Genotype

28
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Treatment for Schizotypal PD (3)

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Antipsychotic medication
Community treatment
Social skills training

29
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A pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others.

Usually in males

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Antisocial personality disorder (Cluster B)

30
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Children who engage in behaviors that violate
society’s norms

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Conduct disorder

31
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2 subtypes of Conduct disorder

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Childhood-onset type
Adolescent-onset type

32
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The onset of at least one criterion characteristic of CD prior to age 10 years

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Childhood-onset type

33
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Absence of any criteria characteristic of CD prior to age 10 years

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Adolescent-onset type

34
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Underlying aspects of a disorder that might be more directly influenced by genes.

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Endophenotype

35
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Antisocial PD is also referred to as? (3)

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Psychopathy
Sociopathy
Dyssocial personality disorder

36
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Treatment for conduct disorder

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Parent training

37
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A pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, affects, and control over impulses

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Borderline personality disorder (Cluster B)

38
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Treatment for Borderline PD

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Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)

39
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Involves helping people cope with the stressors that seem to trigger suicidal
behaviors and other maladaptive responses

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Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)

40
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A pervasive pattern of excessive emotion and attention seeking

Usually in females

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Histrionic personality disorder (Cluster B)

41
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Word means theatrical in manner

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Histrionic

42
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A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy.

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Narcissistic personality disorder (Cluster B)

43
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Used to describe people who show an exaggerated sense of self-importance and are preoccupied with receiving attention

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Narcissistic

44
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Exaggerated feelings and their fantasies of greatness

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Grandiosity

45
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A pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation.

Dislikes spotlight; perceives rejection right away

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Avoidant personality disorder (Cluster C)

46
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Treatment for avoidant PD

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Behavioral intervention techniques

47
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A pervasive and excessive need to be taken care of, which leads to submissive and clinging behavior and fears of separation.

Usually in females

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Dependent personality disorder

48
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A pervasive pattern of preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and mental and interpersonal control, at the expense of flexibility, openness, and efficiency.

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Obsessive-compulsive personality
disorder

49
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Treatment for obsessive-compulsive PD

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Cognitive reappraisal techniques

50
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Gender bias which points out that the criteria for the disorder may themselves be biased

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Criterion gender bias

51
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Gender bias where assessment measures and the way they are used may be biased

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Assessment gender bias

52
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Enduring patterns of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and oneself that are exhibited in a wide range of social and personal contexts.

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Personality traits

53
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Describe people with unusual emotional responses and impulsive rages but no
deficits in reasoning ability

A

Manie sans délire

54
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Idea that a person with psychopathy can appear normal and even engaging, while concealing a mental disorder.

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Mask of sanity

55
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Cluster that dislikes social interactions

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Cluster C

56
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Difference of Borderline PD and Dependent PD

A

BPD uses threat

Ex:
BPD - Kapag iniwan mo ko, papatayin ko sarili ko
DPD - Kapag iniwan mo ko, mamamatay ako

Abnormal Psychology (2024-2025) (8 decks)

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