week 1 Flashcards
3 p’s of personality disorders
persistent, pervasive, pathological
cluster A
paranoid personality disorder
schizoid perosonality disorder
schizotypal personality disorder
cluster B
antisocial pesonality disorder
histrionic personality disorder
borderline personality disorder
narcissistic personality disorder
cluster C
avoidant personality disorder
dependent personality disordder
obsessive compulsive personality disorder
definition of personality disorders
enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates from what is expected from an individuals culture, is pervasive and inflexible, has an onset in adolescence or early adulthood, stable over time and of long duration, and leads to distress or impairment
diathesis stress model
diathesis (genes, abnomalities of brain structure or functioning, and neurotransmitters) lead to a vulnerability of psychological disorders
stressors (physical stressors, trauma, abuse, neglect, relationship loss, turbulence, and culture related stressors)
lead to a development of psychological disorders
personality organization
continuum to identify the severity of mental illness; ranging from reasonably healthy to severely ill
types of personality organizations
neurotic
borderline
psychotic
categories of personality organizations
defense identity integration relality testing observing ego primary conflict counter/transference
identity integration
internal consistency across time and situations about what kind of person one is - student, athlete, kind, etc
reality testing
ability to distinguish between actual event and one’s internal representation of the event, what one wishes or fears
observing ego
reflection, to what extent can you observe yourself
primary conflict
what kind of conflict do people struggle with
counter/transference
transferring feelings onto the client
repression
mature/neurotic
unconscious eliminating a feeling or thought out of memory, content can no longer be eliminated
sublimation
mature/neurotic
expressing a personal unacceptable or unattainable feeling in a socially acceptable way - being angy, going boxing
humor
mature/neurotic
expressing uncomfortable feelings in the form of jokes without causing oneself discomfort
suppression
mature/neurotic
pushing feelings, thoughts or desire deliberately out of consciousness, takes some effort
altruism
mature/neurotic
helping others to feel good about themselves while avoiding negative personal feelings
undoing
mature/neurotic
behaving in a way to reverse unacceptable behavior, correcting past mistakes, like in rituals
reaction formation
mature/neurotic
doing the opposite of what you are feeling - teasing a loved one
idealization
mature/neurotic
creating an ideal impression of a person, place, object by emphasizing the positive features and neglecting the negative ones
intellectualization
mature/neurotic
using reasoning to avoid or block confrontation with uncomfortable emotions - thinking is used to avoid feeling
displacement
mature/neurotic
changing target of emotional outlet: being angry at boss but taking it out on partner
projection
immature
projecting own feelings to sb else -> being angry and thinking that others are angry too
acting out
immature
display of emotions or behavior to hide unacceptable underlying feeling; masking actual emotion -> walking out instead of acting out
denial
immature
avoiding an obvious aspect of reality by pretending it’s false or doesn’t exist; blocking external things from awareness
dissociation
immature
momentarily loss of connection to the world, feel seperated from the outside world, as though one exists in another realm
passive aggression
immature
passive, indirect way of expressing aggression; often subsconscious level
regression
immature
reverting to a childlike behavior like stomping feet: seen in people who are sick or uncomfortable
isolation (of affect)
separate ideas or feelings from the rest of thoughts; putting feelings into tiny boxes so they don’t affect the rest of feelings
