PSYC370 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Psychopathy, Telepathy, Antisocial Personality Disorder

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC370
• Professor: Kuhlman D.Michael

Document Summary

Personality disorders: patterns of thinking, feeling, and behavior beyond the. Chapter 18: disorders of personality normal range of psychological variation: (cid:498)socially undesirable traits(cid:499) Lists primary indicators for each disorder and specifies how many are required to make a diagnosis. Tries to make a psychological diagnosis more objective. Gives a specific name to something being treated. 5 general characteristics: unusual, tend to cause problems, affect social relations, stable over time, person who has it may not see it as a disorder. Unusually extreme degree of one or more attributes of personality disorder if it stems on some level, from a denial of reality. Causes problems for the person and their acquaintances. Extremism requires the denial of reality extreme behavior is a sign of. Personality disorders are social they manifest in interactions with other. Personality disorders are stable they may first be visible in childhood. Clinicians general impression based on profession encounter.