Personality Disorders- intro Flashcards
What are examples of group personality?
- culture groups
- friend groups
- Activity groups
How are personality traits defined?
- Enduring patterns of perceiving, relating to and thinking about the environment and oneself
- Tendency to feel, perceive, behave and think in relatively consistent ways across time/situations in which the trait may manifest
What are influencing factors of personality?
- Genetic (50% of trait variation due to genetics)
- Environment (culture group, parents/home environment)
- Birth order (oldest is achievement oriented, middle is peacemaker, youngest is the risk taker/intellectual rebel)
Personality development: what occurs from birth to 18 months?
development of trust
-if needs not met: learns to mistrust and can become withdrawn
Personality development- What occurs from 18mo to 3 years
development of independence
-failure to master promotes self doubt
Personality development- 3-6 years
Take initiative
-harsh scolding for poor initiatives- promotes feeling of unworthiness, guilt/resentment
Personality development- 6-12 years
skill development
Personality development- 12-19yrs
search for identity
Personality development- 20-40 yrs
establish intimacy
Personality development- 40-65 years
create and nurture
Personality development- 65+ years
Look back on their lives/reflection
What are the 5 primary personality factors?
- Emotional stability
- Extroversion- how much one likes being with other people
- Openness/ open-mindedness
- Warmth (agreeableness)- tendency to relate to other people in a friendly way
- conscientiousness- how responsible and self-disciplined one is
What are psychopathological conditions due to?
- Maladaptive thought (misperceptions/misinterpretations)
- Behavior patterns associated with a distorted world view- intrapersonal relations (thoughts about self ) and interpersonal relations (thoughts about environment)
When are personality disorders thought to begin?
in childhood.
Because of this, they are difficult to tx
Which consistent childhood/adolescent behavior traits are risk factors?
- Frequent mood swings
- Angry outbursts
- Social anxiety sufficient to cause difficulty making friends
- Need to be center of attention
- Feeling of being widely cheated or taken advantage of
- Difficulty delaying gratification
- Not feeling there is anything wrong with ones behavior
- Externalizing and blaming the world for one’s behaviors and feelings