week 1

Question 1

3 p’s of personality disorders

Answer 1

persistent, pervasive, pathological

Question 2

cluster A

Answer 2

paranoid personality disorder
schizoid perosonality disorder
schizotypal personality disorder

Question 3

cluster B

Answer 3

antisocial pesonality disorder
histrionic personality disorder
borderline personality disorder
narcissistic personality disorder

Question 4

cluster C

Answer 4

avoidant personality disorder
dependent personality disordder
obsessive compulsive personality disorder

Question 5

definition of personality disorders

Answer 5

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

Question 6

diathesis stress model

Answer 6

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

Question 7

personality organization

Answer 7

continuum to identify the severity of mental illness; ranging from reasonably healthy to severely ill

Question 8

types of personality organizations

Answer 8

neurotic
borderline
psychotic

Question 9

categories of personality organizations

Answer 9

defense
identity integration
relality testing
observing ego
primary conflict
counter/transference

Question 10

identity integration

Answer 10

internal consistency across time and situations about what kind of person one is - student, athlete, kind, etc

Question 11

reality testing

Answer 11

ability to distinguish between actual event and one’s internal representation of the event, what one wishes or fears

Question 12

observing ego

Answer 12

reflection, to what extent can you observe yourself

Question 13

primary conflict

Answer 13

what kind of conflict do people struggle with

Question 14

counter/transference

Answer 14

transferring feelings onto the client

Question 15

repression

Answer 15

mature/neurotic

unconscious eliminating a feeling or thought out of memory, content can no longer be eliminated

Question 16

sublimation

Answer 16

mature/neurotic

expressing a personal unacceptable or unattainable feeling in a socially acceptable way - being angy, going boxing

Question 17

humor

Answer 17

mature/neurotic

expressing uncomfortable feelings in the form of jokes without causing oneself discomfort

Question 18

suppression

Answer 18

mature/neurotic

pushing feelings, thoughts or desire deliberately out of consciousness, takes some effort

Question 19

altruism

Answer 19

mature/neurotic

helping others to feel good about themselves while avoiding negative personal feelings

Question 20

undoing

Answer 20

mature/neurotic

behaving in a way to reverse unacceptable behavior, correcting past mistakes, like in rituals

Question 21

reaction formation

Answer 21

mature/neurotic

doing the opposite of what you are feeling - teasing a loved one

Question 22

idealization

Answer 22

mature/neurotic
creating an ideal impression of a person, place, object by emphasizing the positive features and neglecting the negative ones

Question 23

intellectualization

Answer 23

mature/neurotic

using reasoning to avoid or block confrontation with uncomfortable emotions - thinking is used to avoid feeling

Question 24

displacement

Answer 24

mature/neurotic

changing target of emotional outlet: being angry at boss but taking it out on partner

Question 25

projection

Answer 25

immature

projecting own feelings to sb else -> being angry and thinking that others are angry too

Question 26

acting out

Answer 26

immature
display of emotions or behavior to hide unacceptable underlying feeling; masking actual emotion -> walking out instead of acting out

Question 27

denial

Answer 27

immature

avoiding an obvious aspect of reality by pretending it’s false or doesn’t exist; blocking external things from awareness

Question 28

dissociation

Answer 28

immature
momentarily loss of connection to the world, feel seperated from the outside world, as though one exists in another realm

Question 29

passive aggression

Answer 29

immature

passive, indirect way of expressing aggression; often subsconscious level

Question 30

regression

Answer 30

immature

reverting to a childlike behavior like stomping feet: seen in people who are sick or uncomfortable

Question 31

isolation (of affect)

Answer 31

separate ideas or feelings from the rest of thoughts; putting feelings into tiny boxes so they don’t affect the rest of feelings