PSYC 2600 Lecture Notes - Webct, Tim Hortons, Therapeutic Relationship

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2600
• Professor: Chris Motz

Document Summary

Narcissistic personality disorder: *both this and histrionic look for attention, *difference: the type of attention. Histrionic: not too picky about the type of attention, would make a fool out of themselves to get attention. Social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, hypersensitivity to negative evaluation. Internal feeling that they might be inherently unworthy not good enough. Avoid any potential situation where this might get confirmed any situation that might involve evaluation (school, work, social interaction) Might take a job that"s beneath your abilities so you don"t get judged; avoid school; avoid making new friends. Interpersonal intimacy is difficult because of this underlying fear/anxiety. Social situations, don"t want to focus on themselves, feel awkward. Withhold intimate feelings for fear of being exposed, ridiculed, shamed. *case study: jane not worth noticing raised by alcoholic mother who abused her verbally or physically believed that she must be unworthy person still expected to be rejected by others (in late.