Wed 2-23
Personalities
People with personality disorders do not see themselves having a problem.
Add/eccentric- these people does not lose reality they aren’t crazy; do not seek treatment
Paranoia- has a very suspicious behavior, they don’t socialize well, not likely to be dangerous, attend to
show up in adolescent.
Schizoid personality - does not like to be around people, no interest in relationships, does not have basic
emotions (person we call the lone wolf) no social skills.
Dramatic and emotional
Antisocial- psycho path- sociopath = they aren’t killers some are though; these are con-men, they are
looking for people to cheat they have no guilt on what they have done to you. At an early age fire starter and
bed wetter’s is an early indicator of antisocial personality; in adulthood prostitute, drug dealing, etc. they are
irresponsible and irritable and aggressive, they have a problem with control, tend to have high IQ’s.
Borderline personality- they have an unstable since of their self, they become what people say they are,
*their personality are going to change with whom they are with/around* they expect people to take
advantage of them. *drug abusers*
Narcissistic personality – likes to call attention to themselves because they think they deserves it and they
think that they are important, may have a very fragile self esteem, self centered to the extreme, no sympathy
for others, demands attention on themselves.
Anxious and fearful
Avoidant personality- avoids people “anxious around people fear of embarrassment, they might reject you;
he basically treats all people the same “that they’ll reject him” low self esteem depressed, angry with
themselves.
Dependent personality – depends upon others to make decisions for him and tell him what to do; fear of
abandonment.
Obsessive compulsive personality – person that is a perfectionist, remains in control by doing list/rituals;
does not have the washer/checker symptoms, just a person that lives a very orderly and neat life.
*according to psychoanalysts people who have disorders is parent child conflict, the ego is weakened;
somewhere along the way the parent/child relationship was not good and was unable to separate and
develops these personalities.
*behaviorist says these behaviors are learned because you have learned that your suppose to be something
because you’ve got awarded for something every time you tried dong one dependent decisions you got
punished so you let someone else make these decisions.
Inconsistent punishment- getting punished then not punished for the exact same thing this makes you
have no consequence with your behavior.
*Cognitive prospective- they have develop a falsely schema “thought process” à does not change the way
they think.
