WEEK 6 Flashcards
What is the Dark Triad?
3 bad personality traits:
- Psychopathy
- Machiavelianism
- Narcissism
What is Psychopathy
Uncaring about other people
What is Machiavelianism
Strategically use other people
What is Narcissism
Actions only done to benefit the self
What counts as disordered personality?
- Disorders traditionally were considered types
- New thinking: disorders are extreme ends of traits
- (possibly combinations of extreme traits)
Disorders as traits: The Bad Five
- Psychoticism
- Disinhibition
- Detachment
- Antagonism
- Negative Affectivity
- Overcontrol
What is Psychoticism
- Unusual beliefs, odd thoughts
* Extremely high openness
What is Disinhibition
- Impulsivity, carelessness
* Extremely low conscientiousness
What is Detachment
- Avoids intimacy/fear of rejection/fear of attachment
* Extremely low extraversion
What is Antagonism
- Deceit, grandiose, callous, manipulative
* Extremely low agreeableness
What is Negative Affectivity
- Anxiety, depression, suspicion
* Extremely high neuroticism
What is Overcontrol
- Obsession, compulsion
* Extremely high conscientiousness
What is Passive aggressive personality disorder?
Was a disorder in DSM-III but now not in DSM-V
- Intentional inefficiency
- Convenient forgetting
- Excuses
- Delaying
- Yet all with plausible deniability
- Combination of high hostility and high submissiveness
- Hard for others to deal with because their responses don’t make sense—unusual combination of traits that make behaviour hard to predict
What is the DSM 5?
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
• APA decides what is and isn’t a disorder
• Lots of internal debate, revised editions since 1952
What is the criteria for a disorder in the DSM?
- Unusual
- Cause problems for self or others
- Affect social relations
- Are stable over time
- Person may see disorder as a basic part of who they are
Purpose of the DSM?
Diagnosing disorders
• Determining appropriate treatment
• Labeling: Insurance purposes
Statistical
• Demographic counts
• i.e., how many people were clinically depressed last year?
What does it mean for a person to be Ego-syntonic?
- Person may see disorder as a basic part of who they are
- A valued part of who I am—I don’t want to change it!
- Narcissism - usually proud of being a narcissist
- Antisocial
What does it mean for a person to be Ego-dystonic?
• I don’t want to be this way
- want to be cured
- most people with personalty disorders are like this
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Ego-syntonic
• A valued part of who I am—I don’t want to change it!
Narcissism
• Love of self
• Lack of empathy because self is most important
• Great first impressions—terrible long term impressions
• Entitled, will lie, cheat to get what they “deserve”
• Ignores others’ needs, but may do good things to look good
• Long monologues, but no patience for others
• Condescending attitude
• 0-6% of population
Narcissism
• Tradeoffs
• Short term vs. long term strategy
- good in the short term but bad for you to know them in the long term
Charming, make good first impression
• Bullshitting - dont care about the truth - blatant lies for convenience
Manipulative, overbearing, vain, etc.
• Inconsistent, potential trap
• Good times keep you coming back
Threatened Narcissism
• Aggression
Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Deceit and manipulation
- Impulsive
- Irritable
- Conduct disorder in children
- Criminality, abuse, neglect
- 0.2-3.3% of population
Avoidant Personality Disorder
- Extreme worry about rejection
- Constantly on lookout for rejection
- Want friends but worry
- 2.4% of population
Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Lack of interest in social relationships
* Detached for lack of interest, not worry of rejection
Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder
• 2.1-7.9% of population Overly rigid • Can’t throw things away • Have to dot every i and cross every t • Perfectionism that interferes with finishing tasks • Obsessive worrying about the stove • Rigid adherence to rules • Rigid in ethics
Different from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• OCD characterized by specific rituals
- Flick light switch 3 times
- Obsessive hand washing
