PSYC 2490 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Attention Seeking, Borderline Personality Disorder
1 Mar 2018
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Lecture 16: pathological liars vs sociopaths, they are not the same thing, with sociopaths you don"t realize they are deceiving you and they have incentive, with pathological liars you (cid:374)otice they"re lyi(cid:374)g for (cid:374)o reaso(cid:374) Svetlana (shameless) - is she a sociopath: very pragmatic, good businessperson = psychopathy, parenting styles - neglectful rejecting parents. She knows how to exploit people: her father treated her terribly, psychopathy, no remorse, no anxiety. Fasd: very high prevalence in prison, unable to pair behaviour with consequences, no impulse control (don"t think before you act) Borderline personality disorder (bpd: characterized by a pervasice pattern of instability in, relationships, mood. Impulsivity (>/= 2 areas) - self damaging behaviours. Impulsive sexual behaviours, or having many many partners. Self harm. self mutilation: absolutist thinking, all good or all bad. Self-mutilate -> cope with intense emotions regulate behaviour: this serves a coping function, emotional instability, high risk for suicide and self-harm, perceive abandonment and experience feelings of emptiness.
