Psychology 2030A/B Lecture Notes - Impulsivity, Extraversion And Introversion, Mesolimbic Pathway

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2030A/B
• Professor: David Vollick

Document Summary

An overview: personality disorders are chronic. Specific personality disorders: paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal, antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic, avoidant, dependent, and obsessive- compulsive. Schizoid personality disorder: clinical description. Antisocial personality disorder: clinical description. They include serotonin, dopamine, and noradrenaline. Individuals with antisocial personality disorder come from homes with inconsistent parental discipline. Integrative model of antisocial behaviour, biological, psychological, and cultural factors combine in intricate ways. Cluster b: histrionic personality disorder. Cluster b: narcissistic personality disorder: people who think highly of themselves perhaps exaggerating their real abilities. In narcissistic personality disorder people consider themselves somehow different from others and deserving of special treatment. Dependent personality disorder: clinical description: dependent personality disorder belongs in the anxious, fearful cluster of. Dsm personality disorders because their interpersonally dependent behaviour is motivated by anxiety. Dependent personality disorder: causes and treatment: part of the socialization process involves helping us live independently.