PSYC 337 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders, Cluster B Personality Disorders, Personality Disorder
13 Apr 2018
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Personality= enduring patterns of perceiving, relating to and thinking about the env and self. Characterized by traits and behaviours which are consistent across time and situations. Described through different factors which implicate different states of being in the world big 5 factors= five factor model. Neuroticism even tempered vs calm, nervous. Extraversion talkative, active vs passive, reserved. Openness to experience imaginative, curious vs shallow, behavioural inhibition. Agreeableness kind and trusting vs hostile, mistrustful. Conscientiousness organized, thorough, reliable vs careless and negligent. The 5 factors which comprise personality we can describe personality just based on how someone falls along these 5 factors. Evidence for stability across these traits, but also data shows that we are more flexible in behaviour depending on the situation. Personality pathology highlights behavioural rigidity; people with pd do not show variation in the pd. Inflexible to the demands of situation and won"t modulate personality accordingly.
