Psychology 2030A/B Lecture Notes - Etiology, Amygdala, Big Five Personality Traits

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2030A/B
• Professor: David Vollick

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This pd does not have delusions of grandeur as does schizophrenia. Behaviours are exaggerated, inflated, dramatic, emotional, or erratic. Have to be diagnose with conduct disorder before age 15. Easy to diagnosed aspd (ex. children picking on animals, cruel and bully people smaller than them) Love how people say how beautiful they are. Pull you in and then push you away. They can be difficult, treatment resistant, manipulative, demanding, and attention seeking. Negative perceptions of patients by therapist can lead to negative expectations and outcomes, and self-fulfilling prophecies which can lead to misdiagnosis. Clinicians should only give diagnosis when symptoms are consistent with criteria. Only one criterion is reluctant to take personal risks or engage in new activities differentiates. People with avoidant personality disorder have more severe symptoms and more functional impairment. Actually few clear distinctions exist, mainly the clinical severity. Figure 11. 1 the five- factor model of personality.