PSY240H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Behaviorism, Etiology, Conscientiousness
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Criteria for personality disorders: must show up in at least 2 of: cognition, emotions, interpersonal function or impulse control, broad, enduring behavior patterns across situations, must lead to distress, stability and long duration, cannot be accounted for by another disorder, not the result of substance use. Tendency to engage in behaviors violating basic norms and values: show little or no remorse for actions, poor impulse control; little tolerance for frustration; easily bored; risk takers with little concern for danger, 50 80% of jailed men, overlap with psychopathy but no the same, genetic predisposition: 50% concordance rate for monozygotic twins, testosterone, adhd: some adults diagnosed with apd have lifelong problems with attention and hyperactivity, problems with executive functions and deficits in verbal skills, chronic levels of arousability, social cognitive factors: low intelligence, harsh or abusive parenting, poor coping with school based challenges add to risk of diagnosis, treatment:
