Seminar 8

Question 1

Personality

Answer 1

An enduring pattern:
Thinking
Ways of looking at
Self
Others
World
Feeling
Relating
Behaving

Question 2

Personality Disorders

Answer 2

cause serious problems, distress and impairment of functioning in personal, social, and/or occupational situations


Question 3

personality type

Answer 3

individual quality or trait that makes one person different from another

Question 4

Paranoid personality disorder

Answer 4

Pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others

Question 5

Paranoid personality trait –

Answer 5

person tends to be distrustful or suspicious in certain situations

Question 6

Paranoid personality disorder

Answer 6

S: Spouse fidelity suspected
U: Unforgiving (bears grudges)

S: Suspicious of others

P: Perceives attacks (and reacts quickly)

E: “Enemy or friend” (suspects associates, friends)

C: Confiding in others feared
T: Threats perceived in benign events

Question 7

Schizoid personality disorder

Answer 7

Pattern of detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of expressions of emotions

Question 8

Schizoid personality trait –

Answer 8

likes being alone, but has friends and engages in activities

Question 9

SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER

Answer 9

Demonstrates many symptoms related to those of schizophrenia but of less severe nature

Question 10

Schizotypal personality trait

Answer 10

appears and acts a little eccentric but otherwise “normal”

Question 11

Antisocial personality disorder

Answer 11

Disregard for and violation of rights of others

Question 12

Antisocial personality trait

Answer 12

“bully-like” behavior but doesn’t disregard law or physically violate others

Question 13

BIOLOGICAL CAUSES OF APD

Answer 13

Antisocial Personality Disorder can be caused by brain abnormalities

Question 14

THE AMYGDALA

Answer 14

The amygdala helps us learn from the negative consequences of our actions.
It is also involved in processing facial expressions

Question 15

Borderline personality disorder

Answer 15

Demonstrates unpredictability of self-image in relationships and emotions

Question 16

Borderline personality trait

Answer 16

– low self-esteem

Question 17

HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER

Answer 17

Excessive emotions and attention seeking

Question 18

Histrionic personality trait –

Answer 18

tendency towards dramatic, exaggerated behavior

Question 19

NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER

Answer 19

Attitude that the world exists to meet his/her needs

Question 20

Narcissistic personality trait

Answer 20

• vain

Question 21

AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER

Answer 21

Demonstrates pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative situations

Question 22

Avoidant personality trait

Answer 22

somewhat shy

Question 23

DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER

Answer 23

Excessive need to be taken care of that leads to submissive and clinging behavior and fears of separation

Question 24

Dependent personality trait

Answer 24

likes to be with friend

Question 25

OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER*

Answer 25

Preoccupation with orderliness and perfectionism

Question 26

Obsessive-compulsive personality trait

Answer 26

very organized

Question 27

TREATMENT

Answer 27

Treatment for most personality disorders is with a combination of psychotherapy and medications.

Question 28

PSYCHOTHERAPY

Answer 28

Psychodynamic psychotherapy

Cognitive behavior therapy