PSY 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Avoidant Personality Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Schizotypal Personality Disorder

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Gary Capstick

Document Summary

Inflexible and enduring behaviour partners that impair social functioning. Eccentric or odd behaviour schizotypal personality disorder (flat affect) Dramatic or impulsive behaviour borderline personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, antisocial personality disorder. Pervasive avoidance of interpersonal contact and extreme sensitivity to criticism disapproval and rejection. A personality disorder in which a person (usually a man) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrong doing , does(cid:374)"t feel guilt. May be aggressive and ruthless, or a cleaver con artist. Profound disregard for, and violation of the rights of others. Profoundly egocentric and lacking empathy no regards for the rights and feelings of others, lie, cheat, steal, but not necessarily criminal. Lack of conscience no remorse or guilt. Often impulsive with no fear of repercussions but can be cold and calculating. Low in fear/anxiety muted autonomic envious system random electric shocks or loud (cid:374)oises (cid:396)egula(cid:396) people should fea(cid:396) fo(cid:396) the (cid:374)e(cid:454)t (cid:396)ou(cid:374)d, but the(cid:455) do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e those.