PSYC 108 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Intellectual Disability, Magical Thinking, Amygdala
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1-2 whether by yourself with friends and family etc. - doesn"t change- shy shy in a lot of dif. Who you are as a person is a disorder, is broken- behavior is maladaptive and unchangeable. Axis 2- stable- not likely to be changed- mental retardation & personality d/o. Are they unique separate personalities or just extremes of certain people? any references to dsm 4 is also just dsm 5 hasn"t changed. Weird and therefore social isolated magical thinking- auras- talking to the dead. Is there something to do to change or accept- Some choices might chase people away- depression do anything to get what they want. No conscious and don"t care doing bad things to get what they want. Can be friendly and charming and go far- cutthroat. Cruelty to animals individuals have a high threshold for stimulation. Show lower levels of cortical in normal fun things.
