PSCH 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Histrionic Personality Disorder, Lindsay Lohan, Schizotypal Personality Disorder
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Schizoid personality disorder: cardinal feature (primary feature)= social isolation. Aka : loner: affect: how people perceive your mood. People say they"re flat, blunted, or shallow. Rarely experience joy, anger, sadness: men: rarely marry, women: may marry. Seldom initiate relationship or contact: uninterested in social relationship. *is what we see, actually how they feel. Background: mr. stevens is a butler for a english lord. When talking to ms. kenton, he wants to be alone, social isolation. Lack of emotion when father passed away. Said he was busy and preferred that ms. kenton closed his eyes. Type of trait or personality that relates to schizophrenia. Have some of the trademark characteristics of schizophrenia. Have similar brain abnormalities as people with schizophrenia. Delusions (things see no one else sees) and hallucinations (sensory experiences no one else has) Ex: i see that thing there, but i know its not real . If really schizophrenia, think the thing they see is real.
