PSY 139 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Schizoid Personality Disorder, Schizotypal Personality Disorder, Histrionic Personality Disorder

• School: Hofstra University
• Department: Psychology (PSY)
• Course: PSY 139
• Professor: Ciesielski

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Enduring patterns of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and oneself that are exhibited in a range of contexts. Enduring pattern of inflexible and maladaptive inner experience and behavior that deviates (cid:373)a(cid:396)kedl(cid:455) f(cid:396)o(cid:373) the e(cid:454)pe(cid:272)tatio(cid:374)s of the i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s (cid:272)ultu(cid:396)e. Some common elements and opinions arise when discussing personality disorders. Assu(cid:373)ptio(cid:374)s a(cid:271)out the (cid:373)oti(cid:448)es/(cid:373)oti(cid:448)atio(cid:374)s (cid:271)ehi(cid:374)d a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)io(cid:396) we assume negative motives on behalf of another person. I(cid:374)fe(cid:396)(cid:396)i(cid:374)g a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s (cid:373)oti(cid:448)es (cid:894)usuall(cid:455) that the (cid:373)oti(cid:448)es a(cid:396)e so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g (cid:374)egati(cid:448)e o(cid:396) undesirable) Often ignores the reason a person is struggling. Learning history maybe they were reinforced in the behaviors we don"t like. I(cid:374)di(cid:448)iduals (cid:449)ho e(cid:374)gage i(cid:374) u(cid:374)desi(cid:396)a(cid:271)le (cid:271)eha(cid:448)io(cid:396) a(cid:396)e (cid:862)(cid:271)ad,(cid:863) (cid:862)a(cid:271)(cid:374)o(cid:396)(cid:373)al,(cid:863) (cid:862)diso(cid:396)de(cid:396)ed(cid:863) Personality disorders are often considered life-long disorders because people assume personality is forever, which is a big stigma for patients of personality disorders, we don"t think like that about depression or anxiety. Some evidence that people experience fewer symptoms, less impairment as they get older.