Unit 5 Psychology, Personality/Dissociative Disorders

Personality Disorders

having internal behavior that isn’t the same from one’s culture, beings in adolescence

—> adulthood, stable, leads to personal distress or impairment, hard to treat because we don’t know if someone is telling the truth or not

Cluster A

Odd, eccentric (weird), thinking and behavior

Paranoid Personality Disorder (Cluster A)

no trust, alone, others actions=bad

Schizoid Personality Disorder (Cluster A)

No social relationships, loner, not much emotion

Schizotypal Personality Disorder (Cluster A)

may desire relationships but struggle due to odd behavior, eccentric behavior, odd, clashes with social norms

Cluster B

Dramatic, emotional, erratic, antisocial

Antisocial Personality Disorder (Cluster B)

many serial killers have this, difficulty with empathy, helps others barely, will hurt others if it helps them, no remorse or guilt

Borderline Personality Disorder (Cluster B)

unstable/unhinged, instability or relationships, self image

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Thinks they are the best, feeds off Admiration from others, lack of care or worry, looks at people like we are ants

Histrionic Personality Disorder (Cluster B)

emotions are over the top, seeking attention by being overly emotional, taking risks to get attention

Cluster C

anxious and fearful

Avoidant Personality Disorder (Cluster C)

social inhibition, hesitation to other environments, opposite of narcism, don’t take criticism well

Dependent Personality Disorder (Cluster C)

Clinging onto a specific person and multipule other people, sacrifice self/opinions to maintain relationships (even if toxic), other people take care of you, can’t do anything without this person

Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (Cluster C)

orderliness, perfectionism, control ie. Young Sheldon

Dissociative Identity Disorder

The presence of two or more distinct personalities, hard to diagnose, ie. Hulk

Dissociative Amnesia

Inability to remember personal information black out periods

Fuge State

Travel, going to a location and not remembering how you got there because your body becomes unconcious when traveling