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Personality Disorders

Personality Disorders. Section 4 narcissist, psychopath. Objectives . Describe and analyze personality disorders Analyze Criminals and psychopaths List the causes of APD- antisocial personality disorder (3). OBJECTIVE 1.

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Personality Disorders

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  1. Personality Disorders Section 4 narcissist, psychopath

  2. Objectives • Describe and analyze personality disorders • Analyze Criminals and psychopaths • List the causes of APD- antisocial personality disorder (3)

  3. OBJECTIVE 1 • Personality disorders are rigid personality patterns that cause personal distress or an inability to get along with others • unchanging, maladaptive (poorly adapted) traits- cause great distress or inability to get along with others • Not caused by medical conditions, stress, or situations that temporarily induce people to act out of character • Chronic, inflexable, pervasive

  4. chapter 11 Problem personalities Personality disorder Rigid, maladaptive patterns that cause personal distress or an inability to get along with others Paranoid personality disorder Characterized by habitually unreasonable and excessive suspiciousness and jealousy Narcissistic personality disorder Characterized by an exaggerated sense of self-importance and self-absorption

  5. Type of personality disorder • Paranoid personality disorder is a disorder characterized by unreasonable, excessive suspiciousness and mistrust, and irrational feelings of being persecuted by others • Delusions of being persecuted by closest relatives and gov. agencies • Beliefs immune to disconfirming evidence

  6. Paranoid

  7. Type of personality disorder • Narcissistic personality disorder is a disorder characterized by an exaggerated sense of self-importance and self absorption • Narcissus- Greek myth, beautiful young man falls in love with own image • Demand constant attention, admiration, entitled to special favors HOWEVER not willing to reciprocate • Culture factors- America society encourage people to pursue dreams “(unlimited success, physical beauty ideal love but

  8. Greek Narcissist

  9. Modern Day narcissist

  10. Psychopaths objective#2 • Cheat, Kill without flinching • Hervey Cleckley, coined term psychopath • #Person who lacks conscious • Other characteristics= No remorse, fear of punishment, shame, guilt, empathy for misery of others • Some violent, sadistic BUT others abuse emotionally, economically “ snakes in suits”

  11. 1990’S changed the name • Antisocial personality disorder (APD) is a disorder characterized by antisocial behavior such as lying, stealing, manipulating others, and sometimes violence; and a lack of guilt, shame, and empathy • Pervasive pattern= repeatedly break laws, impulsive, quick to fight, irresponsible • DSM made change to emphasize behavior signs

  12. chapter 11 Criminals and psychopaths Antisocial personality disorder Characterized by a lifelong pattern of irresponsible, antisocial behavior such as lawbreaking, violence, and other impulsive, restless acts Psychopathy Characterized by a lack of remorse, empathy, anxiety, and other social emotions; the use of deceit and manipulation, and impulsive thrill seeking

  13. Psychopath- for sure

  14. Causes of APD #1 • Abnormalities in the central nervous system • No emotional arousal (guilt, fear)= aberration in CNS • Normal people scared- electrical conductance changes. OTOH psychopaths slow or no change • Physiological basis- Show psychopaths pictures of people suffering skin conductance barely changes OTOH normal people= significant change

  15. chapter 11 Causes of APD and psychopathy Abnormalities in the central nervous system Impaired frontal-lobe functioning Genetic influences

  16. Causes #2 • Impaired frontal-lobe functioning • Impulsivity trait- inability to control frustration, provocation (break rules and laws • Biological basis, many psychopaths have FLF. Abnormalities • Frontal lobe- planning, impulse control • Less grey matter- possibly from being beaten, neglect, injury

  17. 3rd cause of APD • Genetic influences • 100 Studies find genes 40-50% of the variation in antisocial behavior • Longitudinal study of boys physically abused= boys with deficiency in cruel gene far more arrests, violent crimes than boys with normal gene

  18. Summary • Psychopath • Give 2 personality disorders • 2 causes of psychopath

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