PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 41: Antisocial Personality Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa, Promiscuity

• School: UW
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 101
• Professor: Pickrell

Document Summary

Psych 101: intro to psych - lecture 41 - psychological disorders (continued): Personality disorders: feeling, and behaving stable, ingrained, inflexible, and maladaptive ways of thinking, Antisocial personality disorder: pattern of irresponsible or unlawful behavior that violates social norms people who seem to lack a conscience-longstanding. These are the children that seem to skip school, set fire, get into fights. As adults - borrow money and not return, drink excessively, drive recklessly. In the past called - morally insane , psychopaths , sociopaths . Sweet talk their way out of any trouble they get into. Far less sensitive to fear; failure to respond to punishment. Diagnostic criteria requires evidence of antisocial behavior before age 15. Excessive drinking, theft, vandalism, and chronic rule violations. Cannot be diagnosed until the age of 18. Dysfunction in brain structures that govern emotional arousal and behavioral self- control. Failure to think about or anticipate long-term negative consequences. Impaired ability to develop conditioned fear responses when punished.