PSY344H5 Lecture Notes - Avoidant Personality Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, Schizophrenia
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Ex. a schizophrenic man shoots the mail man dead, he knows he shot the mail man dead but he doesn"t appreciate what he is doing he thinks he is doing it for self defense. Knowing is knowing what you are doing, but does the schizophrenic appreciate what he is doing is wrong? (no). Thus, knowing doesn"t mean appreciating always, appreciating does mean knowing. Pfc: controls impulse, houses knowledge of what is acceptable and not related to personality. Doesn"t mean traits have to be the same always, we can alter our behavior to fit the situation. The personality is a combination of genetic factors and our environment. People who have a maladaptive ability to shift their personality have a personality disorder. Traits are semi-stable; affected by our environment but also semi-stable over time as well. Traits also exist on a continuum ex. introversion and extroversion. Young said that people who are high in extroversion are outgoing.
