Ch11 Terms: Personality Disorders

paranoid personality disorder (cluster A)

distrust and suspiciousness of others such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent

schizoid personality disorder (cluster A)

pattern of detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of expression of emotions in interpersonal settings

schizotypal personality disorder (cluster A)

• pattern of social and interpersonal deficits marked by acute discomfort with reduced capacity for close relationships…

• and by cognitive/perceptual distortions and eccentricities of behaviors

antisocial personality disorder (cluster B)

pattern of disregard for & violation of others’ rights ❌

borderline personality disorder (cluster B)

pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, affects, and control over impulses

histrionic personality disorder (cluster B)

pattern of excessive emotion and attention seeking

narcissistic personality disorder (cluster B)

grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, lack of empathy

avoidant personality disorder (cluster C)

social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation

dependent personality disorder (cluster C)

excessive need to be taken care of, leading to submissive and clinging behavior and fears of separation

obsessive-compulsive personality (cluster C)

preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and mental and interpersonal control, at the expense of flexibility, openness, and efficiency

conduct disorder

dialectic behavior therapy

fearlessness hypothesis 😃

• psychopaths possess a higher threshold for experiencing fear than most other individuals 🔼

• things that greatly frighten the rest of us have little effect on the psychopath…

• the fearlessness gives rise to all other major features of the syndrome!

under arousal hypothesis 🔽

• psychopaths have abnormally low levels of cortical arousal, which is the primary cause of their anti-social and risk-taking behaviors

• they seek stimulation to boost their low levels of arousal

cortical immaturity theory

Gray’s model