PSYCH 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Antisocial Personality Disorder, Pathological Lying, Frontal Lobe
5/1/18
Personality Disorders
• Pattern of maladaptive ways of relating to the world
• Persists throughout a lifetime
1. Antisocial Personality Disorder
a. Marked by a lack of empathy and remorse
b. Overwhelmingly more common in men than in women
c. Age
i. Late adolescence--early adulthood; symptoms decrease w
increasing age
d. Criteria
.Repeatedly performing illegal acts
i.Repeated lying/using aliases
ii.Show reckless disregard for own/others safety
e. Characteristics
.Charming
i.Intelligent
ii.Lack of remorse
iii.Willing to lie/cheat
f. Psychopath--extreme version
.Pathological lying
i.Impulsivity
ii.Lack of empathy
iii.Cunning/manipulative
iv.Shallow/superficial
v.Criminal versatility
g. Causes of APD
.Biological
1. Amygdala abnormalities
2. Decreased frontal lobe activity
a. Don’t feel fear or anxiety
b. Don’t learn from punishments bc they do not experience punishment as aversive
2. Borderline Personality Disorder
. Disturbances in identity, affect/emotion regulation, and impulse control
a. More than 2x as common in women than men
b. BPD linked w poor self control
c. Poor sense of self
.Can’t stand being alone
i.Have intense fear of abandonment
d. Emotional instability--episodes of anxiety, depression, irritability
e. Impulsivity (may explain high rate of this disorder in the prison pop)
f. Sleep abnormalities
g. Causes
.Unclear!!
i.Strong relationship exists btwn disorder and trauma/abuse
1. 70-80% experience/witness some sort of abuse
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Document Summary
Personality disorders: pattern of maladaptive ways of relating to the world, persists throughout a lifetime, antisocial personality disorder, marked by a lack of empathy and remorse, overwhelmingly more common in men than in women, age. Late adolescence--early adulthood; symptoms decrease w increasing age: criteria. repeatedly performing illegal acts i. repeated lying/using aliases ii. show reckless disregard for own/others safety. charming i. intelligent ii. lack of remorse iii. willing to lie/cheat. pathological lying i. impulsivity ii. lack of empathy iii. cunning/manipulative iv. shallow/superficial v. criminal versatility. biological: amygdala abnormalities, decreased frontal lobe activity. Don"t learn from punishments bc they do not experience punishment as aversive: borderline personality disorder. Disturbances in identity, affect/emotion regulation, and impulse control. More than 2x as common in women than men. can"t stand being alone i. have intense fear of abandonment. Impulsivity (may explain high rate of this disorder in the prison pop)
