PSY344H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Borderline Personality Disorder, Raymond Cattell, Impulsivity
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Psychopathy is a trait that can be measured, and it is difficult to assess as they are practiced liars (good at manipulation) Sociopath isn"t a medical/legal term: used to be referred to people with anti-social personality disorder, now its people with high psychopathy scores and their environment, not a proper term. Everyone has some level of psychopathy in them. Psychopathy and anti-social personality disorder are 2 different things despite people overlapping when scoring high on the 2 tests. Trait: consistent patterns of thoughts, feelings, or actions that distinguish people. Big 5 trait theory says we have the same 5 traits, extraversion, consciousness (best predictor to succeed in the workplace/ school) Assumption 2: traits are stable across situations: if people cant change their traits for certain situations, then they are at a loss. Temperaments are the best predictor of your traits: you should know by age 10, temperament will follow you.
