PSYC 3604 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Antisocial Personality Disorder, Frontal Lobe, Basal Ganglia

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3604
• Professor: Brenda Baird

Document Summary

Must have had a conduct disorder under the age 18. Increased impulsion due to lack of frontal lobe behaviour. Less physiological changes during normally nervous or anxious moment. No sense of self outside of a particular relationship. Only feel whole when it they are with this person. Either extremely happy with someone or extremely upset. Child was never allowed to express feeling, when they did they were not paid attention to. Very shallow emotions that come out only for attention. Hard to diagnosed since society nowadays praises some of these traits. Different than bpd because avoidant feel unworthy of love. Will do anything at all cost to keep relationship alive. Feel secure in relationship even if its not a good one. Wish that everyone was like you since you do everything the right way. Make them feel that they can be successful without clinging on to someone. Looks at dependant personality disorder due to increase coddling as a child.