PSYC 305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Schizotypal Personality Disorder, Personality Disorder, Positive Psychology
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Psyc 305 lecture 10 from suffering to thriving : the good & the tough. Personality disorders: in what ways can personality be disordered according to clinicians, what are the contributions of positive psychology to the study of personality, kurt schneider (1923): An unusually extreme and problematic degree of one or more attributes of personality: dsm-5: An enduring pattern of experience and behaviour that differs greatly from expectations of a person"s culture; displayed across a variety of situations with long history. Pervasive and inflexible; stale (present by adulthood); dysfunctional. Symptoms of personality disorders can be viewed as maladaptive variations within the domains of traits, emotions, cognitions, motives, and self-concept. Pattern must not be attributable to drug abuse, medication, or other medical condition. Cluster a personality disorders: the eccentric cluster: persons with these disorders appear odd and eccentric; do not get along well with others, cluster a includes: A pattern of distrust and suspiciousness such that others" motives are interpreted as malevolent.
